Question: is an aardvark the same as an anteater?
Answer: There are four anteater species, and only one aardvark species. Geographic range is also different. Anteaters live in the forests of Central and South America, while aardvarks live in the forests and grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. ... Anteater snouts are long and tapered, while an aardvark's snout is more like a pig's.