Mass: 29 kg based on Sanderson 1949 and Shaw et al. 1987
Diet: insectivore based on Redford 1986
Abundance: 0.28 to 24.39% (median 1.58%)
Latitudinal range: -25.6° to 15.4°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)
Found in 21 samples
Argentina: Bañados del Quirquincho (bañadero forest)
Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)
Brazil: Fazenda Sta Emília (acurí forest), Caxiuanã National Forest (March), Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Floresta Nacional Amapá (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapá (wet season), Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Iguaçu National Park, Purus Project, Formosa Military Training Area, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I, Sertão Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic
Colombia: Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (sabana), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero
Honduras: Rio Sikre
Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018)
| ♀ body mass | 16500 kg | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♀ body mass | 29200 kg | N = 12 | Shaw et al. 1987 |
| ♂ body mass | 21400 kg | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♂ body mass | 32100 kg | N = 12 | Shaw et al. 1987 |
| ♀ ear length | 50 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♂ ear length | 55 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♀ head and body length | 970 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♂ head and body length | 1260 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 130 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 165 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♀ tail length | 560 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
| ♂ tail length | 790 mm | N = 1 | Sanderson 1949 |
See also Myrmecophaga