Two species of anteaters are called tamanduas, or collared anteaters. Both live in tropical forests and grassy plains. The northern tamandua is found from southern Mexico to Peru. The southern tamandua lives only in South America. Tamanduas can live both in trees and on the ground.
Tamanduas have short, stiff, tan to brown hair.
Some have darker hair around the neck and on other areas of the body. It lives in trees in the tropical forests of southern Mexico, Central America, and South America. Aardvarks, pangolins, and echidnas are also sometimes called anteaters. Anteaters belong to the family Myrmecophagidae in the order Xenarthra. The giant anteater is Myrmecophaga tridactyla.