• Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA
  • Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

Tampa'S Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, USA

Least Concern

Tamandua tetradactyla is a relatively common species. Read More

There are no major threats to this small anteater, although in some portions of its range it is hunted for meat, by domestic dogs, or sold as a pet species (Aguiar and Fonseca 2008, Noss et al. 2008, D.A. Meritt Jr. pers. comm. 2010). Habitat loss and degradation, wildfires, and road traffic represent a threat in some areas. In Uruguay, T. tetradactyla is affected by habitat loss due to land use change (Coitiño et al. 2013). Read More

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Miranda, F., Fallabrino, A., Arteaga, M., Tirira, D.G., Meritt, D.A. & Superina, M. 2014. Tamandua tetradactyla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T21350A47442916. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T21350A47442916.en