Anteater vs Armadillo

Anteater [ ˈæntˌi tər ]

CyclopedidaeMyrmecophagidae

• any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
• the aardvark.
• a pangolin.
• an echidna.
• banded anteater.
• any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites
• scaly anteater another name for pangolin
• spiny anteater another name for echidna
• banded anteater another name for numbat

Armadillo [ ˌɑr məˈdɪl oʊ ]

ChlamyphoridaeDasypodidae

• any of several burrowing, chiefly nocturnal mammals constituting the family Dasypodidae, ranging from the southern U.S. through South America, having strong claws and a jointed protective covering of bony plates used in certain areas for food.
• any edentate mammal of the family Dasypodidae of Central and South America and S North America, such as Priodontes giganteus (giant armadillo). They are burrowing animals, with peglike rootless teeth and a covering of strong horny plates over most of the body
• fairy armadillo another name for pichiciego

• edentate
• farrow
• ant bear

• aardvark
• anteater
• sloth

• 1. A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.
• 2. The spiny anteater is a mammal, although a very primitive one.
• 3. The anteater couldn't have existed before the ants.
• 4. They may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow, anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground.
• 5. And yet, such sensitive elongations the anteater had, too, uncomplicated by assertions of power, even over ants.
• 6. This anteater loves to eat ants!
• 7. The mother spiny anteater lays one or two eggs.
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• 8. Aunt Edith's anteater ate Aunt Edith's ants.
• 9. Dad: That's an anteater.

• 1 The armadillo has a protective shell of bony plates.
• 2 The armadillo is found in the American South and in Central America.
• 3 The most impressive of all the armadillo species, when responding to attack, is the three-banded.
• 4 Several years ago there was a fine armadillo whose body consisted of automobile tires of various sizes.
• 5 Armadillo originally didn't have the customizable hardware locking options.
• 6 I have never seen the armadillo.
• 7 South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
• 8 Then, an armadillo ran past the door.
• 9 Bet you didn't notice the armadillo.
• 10 How do you like your armadillo? Sun dried and road tenderised...?