Now the zoo's anteaters, along with other mostly toothless insectivores _ armadillos, tamanduas ( tree-dwelling anteaters ), echidnas ( spiny anteaters ) and aardvarks ( African anteaters ) _ are thriving on ground-up cat and primate kibble and are more active, breeding successfully and forming solid feces just as they do in the wild, " an important indication that we're on the right track,"