Neotamandua

Neotamandua is an extinct genus of anteaters that lived in the Miocene to Pliocene in South America.
Taxonomy.
Their fossils have been found in the Miocene Collón Cura Formation of Argentina, the Honda Group at La Venta in Colombia and the Pliocene Araucano Formation in Argentina. Its closest living relatives are the giant anteater ("Myrmecophaga tridactyla") and tamanduas (genus "Tamandua"). The species "Neotamandua borealis" was suggested to be an ancestor of the giant anteater. Patterson (1992) suggested the "Neotamandua" fossils are very similar to "Myrmecophaga", which would mean "Neotamandua" may be congeneric with "Myrmecophaga".