Neotamandua borealis

{{Short description|Extinct species of mammal}}

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| fossil_range = Mid Miocene (Laventan)
~{{fossil range|13.8|11.8}}

| image = Neotamandua borealis.jpg

| genus = Neotamandua

| species = borealis

| authority = Hirschfeld, 1976

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Neotamandua borealis is an extinct species of anteater. Fossils were found in the Honda Group at the Konzentrat-Lagerstätte of La Venta, Colombia.{{cite journal|title=A New Fossil Anteater ( Edentata , Mammalia ) from Colombia , S . A . and Evolution of the Vermilingua|url=http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-effect-of-elevated-mutation-rates-on-the-evolution-of-cooperation-and-virulence-of-pseudomonas-aeruginosa-1/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103203054/http://www.mendeley.com/research/the-effect-of-elevated-mutation-rates-on-the-evolution-of-cooperation-and-virulence-of-pseudomonas-aeruginosa-1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|access-date=2012-07-23|author=Hirschfeld, S.E.|journal=Journal of Paleontology|date=1976|volume=50|issue=3|pages=419–432 |jstor=1303522}} It was suggested to be an ancestor of the giant anteater, and is also related to the tamanduas. The species was described by Hirschfeld in 1976.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=249479 Neotamandua borealis] at Fossilworks.org