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'''Anteaters''' are a family of edentate [[mammals]] native to Central and South [[America]], which have a tubular mouth with a small aperture, and a long tongue covered with a viscid secretion, which they thrust into the [[ant-hill|ant-hills]] and then withdraw covered with [[ants]]<ref>{{Nuttall|Anteater}}</ref>. There are four species of anteater: the Giant Anteater, Silky Anteater, the Southern Tamandua and Northern Tamandua. [[aardvark | Aadvarks]] and [[echidna | echidnas]] are sometimes called "anteaters" due to superficial resemblances, but this is not biologically correct.
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'''Anteaters''' are a family of edentate [[mammals]] native to Central and South [[America]], which have a tubular mouth with a small aperture, and a long tongue covered with a viscid secretion, which they thrust into the [[ant-hill|ant-hills]] and then withdraw covered with [[ants]]<ref>{{Nuttall|Anteater}}</ref>. There are four species of anteater: the Giant Anteater, Silky Anteater, the Southern Tamandua and Northern Tamandua. [[aardvark | Aadvarks]] and [[echidna | echidnas]] are sometimes called "anteaters" because they also eat ants, but they are not technically classified as anteaters.
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==Origins==
 
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According to the [[origins theory]] model used by young earth [[creation science | creation scientists]], modern Anteaters are the descendants of the two members of the modern anteater baramin that were taken aboard [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]]. It has not yet been determined by [[baraminology | baraminologists]] whether the four anteater species form a [[holobaramin]], or if all they are in fact [[Baraminology|apobaramin]]ic or [[Baraminology|polybaramin]]ic. After the Flood, anteaters which bred from the Ark passengers migrated to America.
 
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In accordance with their worldview, a majority of secular biologists regard [[Theory of evolution|evolution]] from earlier species as the most likely explanation for the origin of the anteaters.  
 
  
 
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Revision as of 02:16, March 27, 2008

Anteaters are a family of edentate mammals native to Central and South America, which have a tubular mouth with a small aperture, and a long tongue covered with a viscid secretion, which they thrust into the ant-hills and then withdraw covered with ants[1]. There are four species of anteater: the Giant Anteater, Silky Anteater, the Southern Tamandua and Northern Tamandua. Aadvarks and echidnas are sometimes called "anteaters" because they also eat ants, but they are not technically classified as anteaters.

  1. ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Anteater originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood
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