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There are a few more interesting mammals living in the jungles like the anteater and the tapir. The anteater is known for its very long tongue which it uses to catch, you guessed it! Ants! It also has a long snout that is able to suck up ants with the sticky saliva on its tongue.

Anteater

The aardvark (left) and the anteater (right) are two different animals. Aardvarks live in Africa and anteaters

live in South and Central America.

Aardvark Anteater

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