What is "silky anteater"

n. A species of anteater, (taxlink Cyclopes didactylus species noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Myrmecophaga didactyla species noshow=1).

n. squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur [syn: two-toed anteater, Cyclopes didactylus]

The silky anteater, or pygmy anteater, (Cyclopes didactylus) is a species of anteaters from Central and South America, the only living species in the genus Cyclopes and the family Cyclopedidae. A single extinct cyclopedid genus, Palaeomyrmidon, known from the Miocene of Argentina, may be ancestral to the living species.