242 TRICIIOMANIS HOEVENII. 



iu deference to the claims to priority of its original disco- 

 verer, who has put his preliminary description as well as 

 sketches of the animal at my disposal , to introduce this 

 peculiar mammal into science, notwithstanding the type-spe- 

 cimen has been lost. The generic name has been selected, 

 not with a view of indicating any closer anatomical rela- 

 tion with the genus Manis , but only to indicate that a 

 hairy anteater is meant. 



1 richomanis hoevenii, n. g. et n. sp. 



Animal of the size of a very large cat. Fur 

 grey, with a black longitudinal band along 

 the middle of the back. Snout elongated and 

 conical, with a small mouth at the extremity. A 

 long cylindrical tongue, which is thrust out, 

 serves the animal in the collecting of ants, 

 which are its natural food. A more or less bushy 

 tail. Ears not conspicuous. Legs higher than 

 those of Manis, strong claws to the feet. 



I have no doubt that this description — however super- 

 ficial — is more than sufficient to recognise the animal 

 as soon as it will have been reobtained. The type-specimen 

 was caught in the mountainous districts that separate the 

 Residencies of Palembang and Bencoolen in Sumatra. 



Utrecht, September 7, 1891. 



Notes from the Leyden IVLuseum , Vol. XIII. 



