toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

[ Syn: pangolin , scaly anteater ]

any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

[ Syn: new world anteater ]

nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

[ Syn: aardvark , ant bear , orycteropus afer ]

small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

[ Syn: numbat , banded anteater , myrmecobius fasciatus ]

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

[ Syn: echidna , spiny anteater ]

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

[ Syn: echidna , spiny anteater ]