Like anteaters, all four of the following animals have long snouts and long sticky tongues for eating insects such as ants and termites. However, only one is actually a member of the anteater family. Which is it?
A) The aardvark B) The numbat C) The pangolin D) The tamandua ü
The African aardvark, the Asian and African pangolin, the Australian echidna and numbat, and the South American anteaters (including the tamandua) provide a striking example of “evolutionary convergence” — the existence of a similar set of adaptations in unrelated creatures.
