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on the flanks; feet deep brown. Three feet five inches long. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
Genus 5. — Myrmecophaga. — Linnccus. 
Generic Character. —Perfectly toothless; head elongated; 
muzzle tapering to a point; tongue protractile; toes united to 
the root of the nails, four before and five behind, or two before 
and four behind; furnished with strong nails formed for dig¬ 
ging : two pectoral teats and two ventral; tail sometimes pre¬ 
hensile. 
Myrmecophaga jubata. — The Great Ant-Eater. 
Plate XXII. fig-. 1. 
Fur brown, with an oblique black line on the shoulders, ex¬ 
tending to the rump ; four toes on the fore feet and five on the 
hind feet; tail long, furnished with long flowing hair; muzzle 
long, tapering, trumpet-shaped. Upwards of four feet long. 
Inhabits South America. 
Genus G.—Manis. — Linnceus. 
Destitute of teeth; body elongated, covered with strong 
corneous, triangular, imbricated scales ; muzzle pointed ; tongue 
protractile; feet with five toes, formed for digging; tail long, 
tapering, covered with scales, somewhat prehensile. 
Manis crassicaudata. — The Pangolin, or Short-Tailed 
Manis. 
Plate XXII. fig. 2. 
Tail thick at the base, tapering; somewhat shorter than the 
body; scales forming eleven longitudinal series; body about one 
foot ten inches long; tail about five inches. Inhabits Bengal 
and the Indian Islands. 
Genus 7. — Ciilamyphorus. — Harlan. 
Generic Character .—No incisory or canine teeth, grinders 
