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Anomalotapirus belong to the family of ant-eating tapir but even if it's still feed occasionaly on ants, it's main diet is leaves from high trees, this animal is in many way similar to the megatherium, but come from a totally different family of mammals, the most specific feature of ant eating tapirs is their claws, since they are ungulates, their claw is a weird spiky hoof subdivised in 3 curved claw.
The anomalotapirus is the largest member of the family, and the only one still living during Xenocene able to stand up on its feet, because unlike the myrmecophage tapirs, this giant need to reach the high leaves.

Scientific name(s): Anomalotapirus
height: 3m (10 feet)
Weight: 2 ton
Native region: S. America
Evolved from: Tapirus terrestris
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She needs a hug.