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Construction is ongoing along key routes to the Zoo this spring. Before you head out, check MI Drive for current conditions and consider an alternate route if needed.

Giant Anteater

(Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Coming Soon

With no teeth to help them chew their food, anteaters use their two-foot-long tongues to collect ants. You can see Bissell and Mojo, the anteaters who call the Zoo home, along with their shaggy hair and claws, closer than ever before inside Fred and Barbara Erb Discovery Trails. 

Quick Facts

Class: Mammals

Conservation Status: Vulnerable

Size: 6-8 feet 

Weight: 60-140 pounds 

Median life expectancy: 20 years

Diet: Ants and termites