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CYCLOPES. 



TAMANDUA. 



Measurements. Total length, 400; tail, 205; hind foot, 34. Skull: 

 occipito-nasal length, 50; greatest breadth of braincase, 24; median 

 length of nasals, 13; lateral length of nasals, 14; interorbital constric- 

 tion, 8.5 ; length of single half of mandible, 32. 



FIG. VIII. CYCLOPES DORSALIS. LITTLE OR TWO-TOED ANTEATER. 



9. Tamaiidua. 



Tamandua Frisch, Nat. Syst. vierf'ss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 5 Tab. 

 Gen. 1775. Less., Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim., Mamm., 1842, 

 p. 152. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1865, p. 383. Type Myrmeco- 

 phaga tctradactyla Linnaeus. 



Tamanduas, F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., LIX, 1829, p. 501. 



Uroleptes Wagl., Nat. Syst. Amphib., 1830, p. 36. 



Palatine and pterygoid bones united beneath the nasal canal for 

 the whole length. Fur of body and tail short, bristly. Tail tapering, 

 prehensile. Skull long, slender; nose nearly as long as braincase. 

 Habits mainly arboreal. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



A. Tail scaly, scantily haired. PAGE 



a. Tail buff at base; rest mixed yellow and 



black T. tetradactyla 27 



b. Tail straw color .. .T.sellata 28 



