page_title: List of mammals of Venezuela
section_title: Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Venezuela / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
caption_attribution_description: English: An illustration of a silky anteater. Obtained from [1]. Permission obtained from copyright holder.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Venezuela. Of the mammal species in Venezuela, one is critically endangered, six are endangered, nineteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. One species is classified as extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteaters, sloths, and tamanduas.
  Suborder: Folivora
  Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
  Genus: Bradypus
  Pale-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus LC
  Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC
  Family: Choloepodidae (two-toed sloths)
  Genus: Choloepus
  Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus LC
  Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni LC
  Suborder: Vermilingua
  Family: Cyclopedidae
  Genus: Cyclopes
  Silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus LC
  Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
  Genus: Myrmecophaga
  Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
  Genus: Tamandua
  Northern tamandua, Tamandua mexicana LC
  Southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla LC
caption: Silky anteater
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