Neotamandua borealis
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| Neotamandua borealis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Family: | Myrmecophagidae |
| Genus: | †Neotamandua |
| Species: | †N. borealis
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| †Neotamandua borealis Hirschfeld, 1976
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Neotamandua borealis is an extinct species of anteater. Fossils were found in the Honda Group at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta, Colombia.[1] It was suggested to be an ancestor of the giant anteater, and is also related to the tamanduas.[1] The species was described by Hirschfeld in 1976.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Neotamandua borealis foraged on social insects such as ants and termites.[3] It was both arboreal and terrestrial.[3] It weighed between 10 and 100 kilograms (22 and 220 lb).[3]
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