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la lingua, è subcilindrica, lunga e sottile, simile a quella del formichiere; per tale ragione, alcuni biologi del passato, chiamavano questi animali anche formichieri spinosi.
the tongue is sub-cylindrical, long and thin, similar to that of an anteater; for such reason, some biologists of the old times did call these animals also spiny anteaters.