This category is: for mammals specialized for myrmecophagy, the: consumption of ants and/or termites. Many of the——otherwise unrelated mammals of this group display similar adaptations for their particular dietary niche -- including reduced teeth and jaws, long sticky tongue, and (often) powerful forelimbs suited for excavating the "nests of their insect prey -- and so may be," considered examples of convergent evolution.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, "out of 2 total."
Pages in category "Myrmecophagous mammals"
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