| 1. | The southern tamandua uses its powerful forearms in self-defense.
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| 2. | Like other anteaters, the northern tamandua has no teeth.
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| 3. | The tamandua's small eyes afford limited vision.
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| 4. | Like other anteaters, the northern tamandua is highly adapted to its unusual diet.
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| 5. | Tamanduas manufacture a potent musk in their anal glands which they use for marking territory.
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| 6. | The record of a tamandua from Cozumel, off Mexico, was probably in error.
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| 7. | The most commonly seen of Costa Rica's three anteaters species is the northern tamandua.
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| 8. | Southern tamanduas are found from Venezuela and Trinidad to northern Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay.
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| 9. | The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.
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| 10. | The fauna is diversified with the presence of tamandua, tatu, capivara, reptiles, and many birds.
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