Family

Silky Anteaters

Cyclopedidae

2 species in our catalog · found in 4 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderPilosa (Sloths and Anteaters)
FamilyCyclopedidae (Silky Anteaters)

Species in this group

Cyclopes didactylus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Cyclopes dorsalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%

Jan

~50%

Feb

~60%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~40%

May

~20%

Jun

~40%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Silky Anteaters

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 5 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Caroni Swamp	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1 of 2	~50%
	Northeastern Silky Anteater			~50%
2	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 2	~10%
	Northern Silky Anteater			~10%
3	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 2	~10%
	Northern Silky Anteater			~10%
4	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 2	~10%
	Northern Silky Anteater			~10%

Silky Anteaters

Species in this group

Northeastern Silky Anteater

Northern Silky Anteater

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Silky Anteaters

Parks Ranked