Northern tamandua: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern tamandua lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Tamandua mexicana
Group	Sloths, anteaters & armadillos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Diet (main food)	insect
Class	Mammal
Order	Pilosa
Family	Myrmecophagidae

Where does the northern tamandua live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern tamandua in 7 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Central America, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What does a northern tamandua eat?

Wikidata lists the main food source of the northern tamandua as: insect.

Is the northern tamandua endangered?

The northern tamandua’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the northern tamandua?

The northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) is a mammal in the order Pilosa and the family Myrmecophagidae, genus Tamandua. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern tamandua

The northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana) is a species of tamandua, an anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, and to the edge of the northern Andes.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern tamandua (revision 1356939560), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q839675 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).