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always half bent inwards, resemblinga callosity of the tarsus ; hence 

 the animal can only bring the side of the foot to the ground. The 

 stomach of the Ant-Eaters is simple and muscular towards its py- 

 lorus j their intestinal canal moderate, and without a C2ecum.(l) 



They all inhabit the hot and temperate parts of the western conti- 

 nent, and produce but a single young one at a birth, which they carry 

 on their back. 



M. juhata; Buff. X, xxxix, and Supp. Ill, Iv. (The Tama- 

 noir.) More than four feet long, with four nails before and 

 five behind ; the tail is furnished with long hairs vertically di- 

 rected, both above and beneath ; the fur is of a greyish-brown, 

 with an oblique black band edged with white on each shoulder. 

 It is the largest of the Ant-Eaters ; and it is asserted that it even 

 defends itself against the Jaguar. It inhabits low places, never 

 climbs trees, and moves slowly. 



M. tamandua^ Cuv. j M. tetradactyla, and M. tridactyla, L. ; 

 Schreb. LXVI. (The Tamandua.) The form and feet of 

 the preceding, but not half its size ; the tail, on which the hair 

 is short, is prehensile and naked at the end, and enables the ani- 

 mal to suspend itself to the branches of trees. Some of them 

 are of a yellowish-grey, with an oblique band on the shoulder 

 that is only visible in a certain light ; others are fawn coloured 

 with a black band ; some are fawn coloured and striped, with 

 the croup and belly black ; and finally, some are entirely black- 

 ish. Whether these differences are specific or not, is as yet 

 unknown. 



M. didactyla, L.; Buff. X, xxx. (The Two-toed Ant-Eater.) 

 The size of a Rat, with woolly hair, fawn coloured ; a red line 

 along the back ; the tail is prehensile, and naked at the end j 

 only two nails before, one of which is very large, four be- 

 hind. (2) 



Manis, Lin. 



The Pangolins,(3) or Scaly Ant-Eaters as they are called, are desti- 

 tute of teeth, have a very extensible tongue, and live on Ants and Ter- 

 mites like true|Ant-Eaters ; but their body, limbs and tail are clothed 



(1) Daubenton has discovered in the M. didactyla two very small appendages, 

 which, in strictness, may be considered as cseca. I have ascertained that there 

 are none in the Tamandua. 



(2) The Myrme. trldadyla, L. ; Seba, pi. F, is a Tamandua, badly drawn. The 

 M. striata, Shaw, Buff. Supp. Ill, pi. Ivi, is a Coati, disfigured by the stuffer. 



(3) Pangoeling, according to Seba, in the language of Java signifies an animal 

 that rolls itself into a ball. In Bengal, it is called BadjarUta or Stone Reptile ; it 

 is also called the Land Carp. The Dutch sailors called it the Devil of Formosa. 



