The Anteater is covered with stiff, straw-like hair which grows up to 40 cm long on the tail. Young have soft hair until they are mature. The dominant colouring may be grey or brown, but all have a diagonal black and white shoulder stripe
The colour of anteaters' fur depends on the species.
The Giant anteater, for example, is grey or brown, and it has a white-banded black stripe running halfway down its body. The Silky anteater has fur which is grey to yellow in colour, with a silvery sheen. The Southern Tamandua is mostly light or dark tan, or brown or black, with black markings around their shoulders which resemble a vest. The Northern Tamandua has the distinctive black vest over creamy-yellow fur.
All mammals have fur or hair. That includes spiny anteaters (echidnas). The spines on the echidna are actually modified hairs.
Yes. The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, has both fur and spines.
Yes, they do.Further information:The proper name for the spiny anteater is echidna. Echidnas have a thick layer of fur, from which its spines protrude Echidnas in Tasmania have thicker and longer fur than echidnas on the mainland of Australia, and their fur can sometimes be longer than their spikes.
All species of anteater are characterised primarily by their elongated snouts which carry their mouths on the end. To protect themselves from the ants they eat, anteaters also typically have dense coats of fur.
Some insect action in the fur, like moths. Nothing bigger.
No, anteaters are vertebrates.
anteaters are blind
Anteaters eat Ants and termites
There is not specific collective noun for anteaters, most likely because anteaters are solitary animals. However, if you need a word for a group of anteaters, a noun suitable for the context is used, for example a pair of anteaters, a family of anteaters, etc.
Anteaters eat ants.
Anteaters are warmbloodedNo. Anteaters are mammals, and all mammals are warmblooded -- they maintain the same body temperature most of the time, regardless of the temperature around them. This is called thermal homeostasis. Even warmblooded animals, though, sometimes have changes in their body temperature. This is what happens when you have a fever -- you body raises your body temperature to kill viruses or bacteria inside you. Body temperature can also change when a warmblooded animal is very cold for too long a time (hypothermia) or very hot for too long a time (hyperthermia or "heat stroke").
anteaters eat twice a day