Some creatures that alsocole include the following:

• Long-nosed Spiny Anteater is bigger than the short-nosed Ant Eater and it has fewer, shorter spines that are scattered in its hairs. Range: New Guinea
• Short-nosed Spiny Anteater. Range: Australia, Tasmania, S.E. New Guinea
• South American Mouse-opossum; Range: Belize to N.W. South America, Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada
• Virginia Opossum; Range: Central America, Nicaragua
—Source: Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia, pages 12-20.