314 MANIDID^. 



little extensile ; their stomach is simple, and they have no caecum. They 

 all inhabit South America, and live chiefly on insects. There are some 

 twenty species, divided into several genera. 



The Cape ant-eaters, Orycteropidce, have molars, and flat claws, but 

 otherwise are similar to the true ant-eaters, and have a somewhat 

 extensile tongue. Their teeth are cylindrical and solid, but traversed by 

 numerous little longitudinal canals. The stomach is simple and the csecum 

 small. They comprise only one genus. 



The next two families are totally unprovided with teeth. 

 Fam. Manidid^, Pangolins. 



No teeth. Body and tail covered with large, imbricate, homy scales; 

 tail long. Tongue round, exsertile. Ears small, mostly indistinct. Two 

 pectoral mammae. All feet with five toes. 



The scales are evidently, from their structure, a congeries of agglu- 

 tinated hairs. They have the power of rolling themselves into a ball. The 

 stomach is slightly divided in the middle, and they have no caecum. They 

 are found in India and Africa. 



Gen. Manis, Linnaeus. 



Char. — Those of the order, of which it is the only genus. 



241. Manis pentadactyla. 



LiNN^us. — Blyth, Cat. 553. — Manis crassicaudata, Griffiths, apud 

 Elliot, Cat. 47. — M. macroura, Desmarest. — AI. hrachyura, Erxle- 

 BEN. — M. laticaudata, Illiger. — M. inaurita, Hodgson. — PangoUnun 

 typus, Lesson. — Bajar-kit, Sansc. and H. — Bajra kapta, in some parts. — 

 ^Sillu, H., in other parts ; also Sukunkhor. — Sal Said, H., in the south. — 

 Shdlind, of the Bauris. — Ai-moi, of the Coles. — Kauli mah, or Kowli 

 manjra, and Kassoli manjur, Mahr. — Alawa, Tel. — A langii, Mai. — Vulg5 

 Banrohu, in the Deccan, i.e., the jungle carp. — Keyot-mach, in Eungpore, 

 i.e., the fish of the Keyots. — Kdt-poM, or timber animal, in other parts 

 of Bengal. 



The Indian Scaly Ant-eater. 



Descr. — Tail shorter than the body, very broad at the base, with 16 or 



