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Myrtnydon Wagl., Nat. Syst. Amph., 1830, p. 36. 

 Dionyx I. Geoff., Res. Lecons. Mamm., Mus. Paris, 1835, p. 54. 

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

 Myrniccoliclmus Reich., K. Silch. Naturh. Mus. Dresden, Ein 



Leitfaden, 1836, p. 51. 



Euryftcnui Glog., Hand-u. Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, pp. xxxi, 112. 

 Cyclothiinis Less., Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim., 1846, p. 152. 

 Didactyla Liais, Climats, Geol. Faun. Geog. Botanique Bresil, 



1872, p. 356. 



FIG. 6. CYCLOPES DORSALIS. 

 No. 16957 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. Nat. size. 



Skull short and arched; palatines and pterygoids not meeting in 

 middle line; canal for posterior nares not closed below; coronoid 

 narrow, recurved, with angular process well developed; third digit 

 of hand much longer than the others, the distal phalange is com- 

 pressed, curved, pointed, and armed with a strong curved claw; 

 hallux of hind foot rudimentary and contained within the skin. Ribs 

 dilated. Habits strictly arboreal. 



19. dorsalis (Cyclothunts), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1865, p. 385, pi. 19. 

 LITTLE OR TWO-TOED ANTEATER. 



Type locality. Costa Rica. 



Geogr. Distr. Guatemala through Central America to South 

 America. 



Genl. Char. Distinctly defined broad dorsal streak; feet and 

 tail, yellow. 



Color. General hue golden yellow tinged in places with chestnut ; 

 dorsal stripe black or blackish chestnut; tail, hands, and feet, golden 

 yellow; back and sides sometimes washed with black; black patch 

 on center of breast. 



