Northern Tamandua (Tamandua mexicana), Isla Santay, Ecuador

The Northern Tamandua (Tamandua Mexicana) is a medium-sized anteater with a prehensile tail, small eyes and ears, and a long snout. The fur is pale yellow over most of the body, with a distinctive patch of black fur over the flanks, back, and shoulders. The hind feet have five toes, while the fore feet have only four. Males and females are similar in size and colour.
It inhabits the humid and dry jungles of Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and a small part of Venezuela and northern Peru.
This species has both diurnal and nocturnal habits, is solitary and arboreal. It feeds mainly on termites, ants and bees taken from their nests. To do so, it uses its front claws to break up nests. A third of the Northern Tamandua’s diet is made from ants: in one day it can eat 9,000 ants