Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) wildlife photograph

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Giant Anteater in Brazil

Where to spot the giant anteater in Brazil, and how to log the discovery in Catch'Um.

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Finding Giant Anteater in Brazil

Looking for the giant anteater in Brazil? Start with Pantanal, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.

Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul is the place to begin. The world's largest tropical wetland, with capybaras, jaguars, hyacinth macaws, and giant otters in open savanna. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.

Brazil context: Capybaras in the Pantanal, jaguars on the riverbank, and the lungs of the Earth in the Amazon.

In Brazil, look especially around grassland, savanna, wetland edge, and open woodland. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.

Where to spot one

  • Pantanal

    Mato Grosso do Sul

    The world's largest tropical wetland, with capybaras, jaguars, hyacinth macaws, and giant otters in open savanna.

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Log the Giant Anteater in Brazil

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