[F. corrupt form of Carib tamanoà, = Tupi tamanduà: see prec.] The French name of the Ant-bear: see prec. a.
1849. Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia, IV. 212. In the general plan of its osteology the tamandun agrees with the tamanoir, but the bones of the muzzle are shorter than the cranial portion. Ibid., 213. In its manners the tamandua agrees with the tamanoir, with this difference, that it often climbs trees.
