One early morning this past August, and for the first time ever in the Sierra del Lacandón National Park, our field staff observed two silky anteaters (Cyclopes didactylus). As the staff was conducting their regular scientific monitoring focused on the jaguar (Panthera onca) they spotted the two individuals perched in a tree right next to the camp area. Also known as the pygmy anteater, it’s the smallest anteater, and the only living species in the genus Cyclopes and the fam