Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater resting {Cyclopes didactylus} Guyana, South America. Note claws for climbing

Christian Ziegler / Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus), Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Barrie Britton / Silky / pygmy anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in Caroni Swamp, Trinidad. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Secrets of the Caribbean" TV Series, January 2006

Barrie Britton / Silky / pygmy anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in Caroni Swamp, Trinidad. Picture taken during filming for BBC "Secrets of the Caribbean" TV Series, January 2006

Kevin Schafer / Silky pygmy anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) sleeping, hanging from mangrove branch, wild, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad West Indies

MORLEY READ / Pygmy anteater, defense posture {Cyclopes didactylus} Yasuni NP, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} climbing tree at night, Yasuni NP, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Pygmy / Silky anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} captive, South America

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in defensive threat display, rainforest ecosystem, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} close-up Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} - note claw for holding onto branches when climbing, Iwokrama NP, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} Coroni Swamp Trinidad

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} Iwokrama Reserve Guyana South America

Pete Oxford / Pygmy anteater {Cyclopes didactylus} Coroni Swamp Trinidad