Neotamandua borealis
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| Neotamandua borealis Temporal range: Miocene
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N. borealis
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Neotamandua borealis is an extinct species of anteater. Fossils were found in La Venta, Colombia.[1] It was suggested to be an ancestor of the giant anteater, and is also related to the tamanduas.[1]
Neotamandua borealis ate social insects such as ants and termites.[2] It was both arboreal and terrestrial.[2] It weighed between 10 and 100 kilograms (22 and 220 lb).[2]
