T A -M A iN [) L A. — Tumandua Tdraddctyla. 



The Tamandua possesses an clongnted head, like that of tlic tamanoir, but the 

 skull is not so extraordinarily Ion",' as in that animal, and the hair is short over 

 the entire body. Indeed, the Tamandua looks like a small specimen of the tama- 

 noir, whieh has ])een clipped from its neck to the tip of its tail. The colour of 

 this species is nnich lighter than that of the tamanoir, and a black stripe passes 

 over each slionlder. In size it is comparatively small, measuring, when full- 

 grown, ])arelv three feet and a half in total length. 



it is a more active animal than the preceding species, and is a good climber of 

 trees, which it ascends in search of the animals on which it feeds. The tail is 

 long and taperiug. and ])ossisses something of the ])reheusile fpiality. It is naked 

 at the tip, but at the base is thickly covered with hair of the same short, coarse 

 kind that is spread over the body. When young, its fur is a pale cinnamon. 



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