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