Liberia 



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over the ground. This species would appear to be a little less 

 limited in its diet than the smaller kinds of manis, as Biittikofer 

 found in its stomach, besides a quart or so of termites (white 



294. A MANIS FROM THE SIERRA LEONK 

 BORDERLAND OF LIBERIA (? MANIS 

 GIGANTEA, IMMATURE?) 



ants), a large quantity of true ants (the bellicose, venomous 

 driver ants) (^Anommci)^ and worms of a peculiar kind. 



The Long-tailed Manis has developed this appendage to an 

 extraordinary length. Its tail is nearly twice as long as the body, 



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