Summary ²

The silky anteater, or pygmy anteater, (Cyclopes didactylus) is a species of anteaters from Central and South America, the only living species in the genus Cyclopes and the family Cyclopedidae. A single extinct cyclopedid genus, Palaeomyrmidon, known from the Miocene of Argentina, may be ancestral to the living species.

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Erick Alexander Pinilla, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Erick Alexander Pinilla
2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopes_didactylus

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