204 MANIS GIGANTEA. 



1843. Manis pentaclactyla Gray. Catalogue, p. 188. (partim). 

 1852. Manis crassicaudata Kelaart. Prodromus faunae cey- 



lanicae. p. 74. 

 1872. Pholidotus laticaudatus FityAnger. Sitzb. d. Ak. d. 

 Wissclienseh. Wien. p. 59; Ph. bengalensis Fitz. I.e. 

 p. 64. 



Outside of fore and hind legs covered with scales. End 

 of tail naked on its lower surface. Claws of hind feet much 

 smaller than those of fore feet. Body with 11 or 13 lon- 

 gitudinal series of scales. Scales of the sides of the body 

 and those of the hind feet not keeled. The scales are about 

 twice as large as those of Manis aurita and javanica. The 

 color of the scales is a fine pale yellow brown. 



Hab. ? Nepaul (Hodgson) ; Bengal (Meyer) ; Hindustan 

 (Tickel) ; Dukhun (Sykes) ; Madras ; Pondicherry ; Ceylon 

 (Kelaart). 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 



1. Fullgrown individual. Ceylon. Long: head and body 

 62.5 c. m., tail 46 c. m. Tail with 15 scales. — 2. Young 

 individual. Ceylon. Long: head and body 45 cm., tail 33 

 c. m. Tail with 14 scales. 



3. Skull of an adult specimen. 



B. Central row of scales of tail interrupted at some 

 distance from the tip. No bristles between the scales. 

 Manidae from Africa. 



X. Outside of fore and hind legs covered with scales. 

 Tail on its lower surface without naked patch. Scales not 

 keeled. Claws of hind feet much smaller than those of fore 

 feet. Tail shorter than head and body. 



4. Manis gigantea. 



1815. Manis gigantea Illiger. Abh. d. K. Ak. d. Wissensch. 



Berlin, p. 84. 

 1865. Pholidotus africanus Gray. P. Z. S. L. p. 368. PI. 



XVn, and woodcuts of skulls. 



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