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Photo by Winchester 



Fig. 28.25. An armadillo. Note the heavy protective skin that covers the body and 



the powerful digging claws. 



Photo by II mc hester 



Fig. 28.26. Ant bears. These animals, found in tropical South America, are in the 

 order Edentata and thus closely related to the armadillo. These ant bears in the 

 habitat group in the Chicago Natural History Museum are shown feeding on termites 

 from a nest which they have opened with their powerful claws. An ant bear, having 

 no teeth, extends its long, slender tongue into the termite nest. The termites stick to 

 the tongue and are carried into the small mouth, where they are swallowed. 



