tamandua
noun [ C ] uk/təˈmæn.djʊ.ə/ us/təˈmæn.də.wə/
小食蚁兽
a type of anteater (= a mammal that eats ants or termites and has a long nose and tongue and no teeth) that lives in trees in South America
Visitors to the zoo can also view a tamandua, a tree-dwelling anteater from South America. 动物园的游客还可以看到小食蚁兽，一种来自南美的树栖食蚁兽。
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- Researchers have found evidence of two smaller but related animals: the silky anteater and the northern tamandua.
- These are the three very different ant-eaters of South America: the gazelle-sized giant of the savannahs, the squirrel-sized pygmy from the forest canopy, and the monkey-sized tamandua from its mid-storey.
- In the last 12 months the zoo has celebrated the birth of a tamandua anteater.
- There are two species of tamandua, the northern and the southern.
- The tamandua is about the size of a miniature schnauzer, and about as active and mellow as a lazy house cat.