Silky Anteater

Description:

Silky anteaters are the smallest living anteaters, and also have a proportionately shorter face and larger cranium than other species. Adults have a total length ranging from 360 to 450 millimetres (14 to 18 in), including a tail 17 to 24 centimetres (6.7 to 9.4 in) long, They have dense and soft fur, often brownish, streaks, and paler underparts or limbs. The eyes are black, and the soles of the feet are red.

Habitat:

It is a nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in lowland rainforests, semi deciduous and mangrove forests with continuous canopy where they can move to different places without the need to descend from trees.

Notes:

This one was curled up in a ball fast asleep and the image wasnt quite sharp due to the amount of people rocking the small boat to get a glimpse.