page_title: List of mammals of Paraguay
section_title: Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Paraguay / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
caption_attribution_description: English: Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), Aalborg Zoo, Denmark, 2003. Deutsch: Großer Ameisenbär (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), Aalborg Zoo, Denmark, 2003. Dansk: Myresluger (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), Aalborg Zoo, 2003.
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Paraguay. There are 151 mammal species in Paraguay, of which two are endangered, seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.
  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
  Brown-throated three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus LC
  Suborder: Vermilingua
  Family: Myrmecophagidae (American anteaters)
  Genus: Myrmecophaga
  Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
  Genus: Tamandua
  Southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla LC
caption: Giant anteater
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