2, pnoLiDOTUs. 371 



" Tail shorter than the body and head ; twenty-one longitudinal 

 rows of scales ; end of the tail naked on its lower surface ; scales 

 broad, ending in an obtuse point, striated to the tip ; with bristles 

 between the scales." 



Described and figured from a young specimen preserved in spirit, 

 said to have been received from Africa. Appears to me to be only 

 a young specimen of PhoJidotus javanicus. 



The front feet are covered with scales to the claws, and it has the 

 ear-conch moderately developed, not so much so as in P. Dalmanni. 



What is Manis leucura, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxx. 

 p. 91 ; llapp, Edent. p. 18, thus described, " Tail as long as the 

 body and head ; scales of the tail adpressed, so that the margin is 

 entire, not dentated " ? The habitat is unknown. 



Manis javanica. Motley & Dillwyn, N. H. Labuan, p. 51. Body 

 with lo rows of scales ; tail ^vith 29 marginal scales. 



" Penc/oJinr/ signifies an animal rolling itself up, which the Manis 

 occasionally does, presenting only its impenetrable scales. It in- 

 habits hoUow trees, feeds on ants alone, of which its stomach con- 

 tains thousands. It is a slow-moving animal, but very strong, and 

 by means of its powerful prehensile tail (which is furnished with a 

 little naked callosity) climbs tolerably well among rocks and dead 

 trees. The tongue is exceedingly long, round, and fleshy, and is 

 used to obtain its food by being laid across the tracks of ants, which 

 stick to a glutinous secretion with which it is provided." lie 

 favourite prey is said to be a black species of Termites. 



** Scales hom-col(mred ; of the hack, in seventeen longitudinal series. Tail 

 as long as the body. Conch of ear produced. 



2. Pholidotus Dalmannii. 



Pale brown ; tail short, as long as the body without the head ; 

 scales of the young striated, of the middle of back truncated, of the 

 sides of hind feet keeled ; of the older specimen worn smooth ; ears 

 large ; hair of head and underside of body short, grey. Body and 

 head 22, tail 15 inches. 



Manis, Dalmann, Act. Stoclch. 1749, p. 265, t. 6. 



Mauis, Forsfer, Act. Berol. 1789 (pnnted 1793), p. 90, t. 5, 6; Sun- 



devall, I. c. pp. 2G2, 2G9. 

 Manis Dalmannii, Sundevall, I. c. p. 256, t. 4 a. f. 10 (toe-bones), 



1842 ; Happ, Edent. p. 17. 

 Pholidotus Dalmannii, Grag, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 366. 

 Manis aurita, Hodgson. 



Manis pentadactyla (partlv), Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 285. 

 Mauis javanica, Sundevall, I. c. p. 254, t. 4 a. f. 11 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 



185], p. 219? 

 Pangolin, Buffon, x. t. 34. 



Hal). India, Himalaya (Hodfjson) ; China (^Dahnann) ; ? Java 

 (Sundevall). 



A small specimen of the species, preserved in spirit in the British 



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