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Ants and Termites As Food

Patterns of Mammalian Myrmecophagy

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Current Mammalogy

Abstract

Many mammals, ranging from antelope to elephant shrews, eat ants and termites. The specialized mammalian myrmecophages (ant- and termite-eaters) such as aardvarks and pangolins have long drawn attention, but little work has been done on general predator-prey relationships between mammals and ants and termites.

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