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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. 



retraction of the retractor muscles carries both into its 

 mouth, after which the ants are immediately swallowed. 

 (' Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.') 



It is a rare species, the natives having a prejudice 

 against it, and burning every individual they find, so 



that it is almost extirpated in many places. Fig. 144 

 represents the posterior view of the skull of the short- 

 tailed manis ; Fig. 145, the skull seen from above ; Fig. 

 146, ditto seen from below : Fig. 147, ditto profile ; 

 Fig. 148, the fore-foot; Fig. 149, the hind-foot; Fig. 

 150, the pelvis. 



END OF VOL. IV. 



