Tamandua mexicana (de Saussure, 1860)
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1260.128800 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17613404 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2BBCF82A-57AF-5871-B8C1-5E40CAE9F432 |
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Tamandua mexicana (de Saussure, 1860) |
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Tamandua mexicana (de Saussure, 1860) View in CoL
Fig. 3 B Northern tamandua View Figure 3
Material examined.
Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge ; 09°52'16"N, 085°03'27"W; 302 m alt.; 07.02.2018; direct observation GoogleMaps .
Identification.
Medium-large sized anteater. The coat is golden-brown. The tail is long and prehensile. This species is both terrestrial and arboreal. When walking the northern tamandua folds inwards the forefeet’s claws and places its weight on knuckles ( Wainwright 2007; Reid and Gόmez Zamora 2022). Recorded in various habitat types in all seasons in the Wildlife Refuge.
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