Distribution and Habitat
Silky anteaters are found from Oaxaca and southern Veracruz in Mexico, through Central America (except El Salvador), and south to Ecuador, and northern Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. A smaller, isolated population is also found in the northern Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, and there are also silky anteaters on the island of Trinidad. They inhabit a range of different forest types, including semi-deciduous, tropical evergreen, and mangrove forests, from sea level to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
There are seven recognized subspecies:
- Cyclopes didactylus didactylus, Linnaeus, 1758 - the Guyanas, eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Atlantic Forest
- Cyclopes didactylus catellus, Thomas, 1928 - northern Bolivia, southeastern Peru, western Brazil
- Cyclopes didactylus dorsalis, Gray, 1865 - extreme southern Mexico, Central America, northern Colombia
- Cyclopes didactylus eva, Thomas, 1902 - western Ecuador, southwestern Colombia
- Cyclopes didactylus ida, Thomas, 1900 - western Brazil, eastern Ecuador and Peru
- Cyclopes didactylus melini, Lönnberg, 1928 - northern Brazil, eastern Colombia
- Cyclopes didactylus mexicanus, Hollister, 1914 - southern Mexico
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