GREAT ANT-EATER OR ANT-BEAR. One of the strangest appearing- of mammals is the Ant-Bear, of which a characteristic picture is here 



given, depicting the long slender head, the coarse long fur which increases in length toward the flanks and tail, and the heavy, short limbs. It lives on Ants 

 and their larva; and is a harmless and helpless animal, its long clumsy toes not permitting it to escape from its enemies. (Myrmecophagajuiata.) 



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