tamandua in English

noun
1
a small nocturnal arboreal anteater with a naked prehensile tail, native to tropical America.
And when we landed, a tamandua was busy breaking into a termite mound beside the runway.
noun
    lesser anteater

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1. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tridactyla) and Northern Tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) Tamandua is a genus of Anteaters with two species: the southern tamandua and the northern tamandua

2. The giant Anteater, northern tamandua, and southern tamandua are all in the

3. There are four species of of Anteaters: giant anteater, silky anteater, northern tamandua and southern tamandua

4. The tamandua lives in trees, where it can cling to branches with its strong, almost hairless tail.

5. The collared, or lesser, Anteater (Tamandua), less than half the size of the great Anteater, is a short-haired yellowish and black arboreal creature