TAMANDUA. 



MYRMECOPHAGA. 



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Geogr. Distr. Honduras to French Guiana ( ?) , South America ; 

 exact range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Tail equal to head and body ; hairs on extremity sparse. 



Color. Band from forearm over the shoulder joining a large 

 patch covering back and sides, black; narrow median band, thighs, 

 rump, and tail straw color; front of eye dusky. 



Measurements. Total length, 915; tail, 515. 



1O. *Myrmecophng;a. 



Myrmecophaga Linn., Syst. 

 Nat., i, 1758, p. 35. 

 Type Myrmecophaga 

 tridactyla Linnaeus. 

 Falcifer Rehn., Am. Nat., 

 xxxiv, 1900, p. 576. 



Head very long; mouth 

 tubular, small; tongue very 

 long, vermiform; hand has 

 third digit greatly developed, 

 and armed with a long, fal- 

 cate claw; all digits armed 

 with claws except the fifth; 

 foot with five unequal digits 

 with claws; tail very long, 

 not prehensile, equaling the 

 body in length, covered with 

 very long hair; ears small, 

 oval, erect; eyes small. Skull 

 elongate, narrow, cylindri- 

 form, and smooth on the 

 superior surface; nares ter- 

 minal; zygomatic arch in- 

 complete. 



22. tridactyla (Myrmecopha- 

 ga) Linn., Syst. Nat., 



i. 1758. P- 35- 

 jubata Linn., Syst. Nat., 



i, 1766, p. 52. 



GREAT ANTEATER. Oso Real 

 in Costa Rica. 



* See Thomas, Amer. Nat., 

 xxxv, p. 143. 



FIG. 8. MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA. 

 No. 115 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. % nat. size. 



