Other mammal species

Family Myrmecophagidae
This family regroups the giant anteater and the tamanduas.

Myrmecophaga tridactyla – Giant anteater
Tamandua tetradactyla straminea – Southern tamandua

Family Dasypodidae
This family regroups all Armadillo species.

Chaetophractus villosus – Large hairy armadillo

Family Macroscelididae
This family regroups all Elephant-shrews, also known as sengis.

Rhynchocyon petersi petersi – Black-and-rufous elephant shrew

Family Erinaceidae
This family regroups all Hedgehogs and related species.

Atelerix albiventris – Four-toed hedgehog
Hemiechinus auritus megalotis – Long-eared hedgehog

Family Tenrecidae
This family regroups all Tenrecs and related species.

Family Megalonychidae
This family regroups all two-toed sloth species.

Choloepus didactylus – Linné’s two-toed sloth
Choloepus hoffmanni hoffmanni – Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth

Family Bradypodidae
This family regroups all three-toed sloth species.

Bradypus variegatus – Brown-throated sloth

Family Tupaiidae
This family regroups all Tree-shrews.

Tupaia belangeri – Northern treeshrew

Family Cynocephalidae
This family regroups all Colugos.

Galeopterus variegatus peninsulae – Sunda colugo

 

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