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phalanges are long and compressed. The ungual phalanges 

 are also long, much compressed, gently curved, and pointed. 

 Bony laminae reflected from their bases encase and support 

 the roots of the claws. 



In the Two-toed species (genus Cholospus, Fig. 106), the 

 magnum and trapezoid are distinct. The functional digits 



FIG. 107 Manus of Great Anteater 

 (Mynnecophaga jubata), \. 



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U/m 



FIG. 108. Manus of Little Anteater 

 (Cyrlotitrus didactylus), x 2. 



are the second and third, and there are rudiments of the 

 first and fourth metacarpals, though not of the fifth. The 

 proximal phalanges (/') are extremely short, as in Bradypus^ 

 but do not ankylose with the metacarpals. The ungual 

 phalanges are not so long as in Bradypus, 



In the Anteaters (Myrmecophaga, Fig. 107), all the usual 

 carpal bones are distinct. The unciform supports the fifth 



