| anteater | (n) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites, Syn. New World anteater |
| silky anteater | (n) squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur, Syn. Cyclopes didactylus, two-toed anteater |
| aardvark | (n) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata, Syn. anteater, ant bear, Orycteropus afer |
| ant bear | (n) large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America, Syn. giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata |
| echidna | (n) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea, Syn. spiny anteater, anteater |
| echidna | (n) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia, Syn. spiny anteater, anteater |
| numbat | (n) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct, Syn. banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus |
| pangolin | (n) 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. anteater, scaly anteater |
| tamandua | (n) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America, Syn. Tamandua tetradactyla, tamandu, lesser anteater |
