#GIANT ANTEATER HUSBANDRY MANUAL PATCH#

It is highly recommended to pursue this if interested in acquiring a tamandua for your facility as the species has not reached a sustainable threshold yet in the AZA population. They are an excellent candidate for an ambassador that can be easily used while participating in the SSPвЂ™s breeding recommendations. There have been studies about pregnancy and offspring through collaboration between AZA facilities and data-collection is highly encouraged. Dietary best-practices in particular continue to be updated. A newer species in the zoo field, they still have evolving husbandry practices and little formal data about their overall medical background. They are very strong with sharp claws and can easily injure handlers if startled or if training is not consistent. While they are overall an excellent ambassador, they do require a higher level of skill and training for use and are generally not recommended for use by volunteer or infrequent handlers in facilities.

They have numerous adaptations easily demonstrated in both formal and informal encounters and comprehensive conservation messaging.

Tamanduas are a larger, engaging species that are used in a wide variety of presentations across many facilities. Northern Tamandua can be very similar in appearance to Southern Tamandua, but may have shorter ears, smaller bodies and a more pronounced/larger вЂvestвЂ™. The known individuals have been eliminated from the Southern Tamandua SSPвЂ™s breeding population to reduce hybridization. This species is less common than the Southern Tamandua in zoos, but still will have some individuals (or hybrids) seen, typically coming in as confiscations. There is a second species of tamandua, the northern tamandua ( T.

#GIANT ANTEATER HUSBANDRY MANUAL PATCH#

Southern tamandua are also known as lesser anteaters (based on a comparison to Giant Anteaters) and collared anteaters/tamandua (due to their standard coloration of a dark patch of fur in a collar shape on their back). Latin Name: Tamandua tetradactyla Order : Pilosa Family : Myrmecophagidae

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