family Myrmecophagidae
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Related to family Myrmecophagidae: mycophage, Bradypodidae, Tamandua tetradactyla, Cingulata, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Cyclopedidae, Southern Tamandua
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| Noun | 1. | family Myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters mammal family - a family of mammals suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra - armadillos; American anteaters; sloths New World anteater, anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites genus Myrmecophaga, Myrmecophaga - type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear Cyclopes, genus Cyclopes - only the silky anteater genus Tamandua - lesser anteater |