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THE EDENTATES 



In the fore-feet claws are present upon all the toes except the fifth, that of the third 

 being far larger than either of the others; when walking the toes are bent back, and 

 the weight of the body supported on the upper surfaces of the third and fourth, 

 aided by a hard pad at the extremity of the fifth. The hind-feet, in which the toes 

 are of nearly equal length, are comparatively short* and have the soles applied to 

 the ground in walking. The hair is stiff and bristly; although short on the head it 

 is of considerable, though varying, length on the body. On the neck and back it 

 forms an upright mane; while on the fore-limbs and flanks it becomes still more 



THE GREAT ANT-EATER, WITH THE TAII, ELEVATED. 

 (One-twelfth natural size.) 



elongated and pendent, but attains its maximum development on the tail, where it 

 may measure as much as sixteen inches in length. The general color of the hair 

 over a large part of the body is ashy gray mingled with black, this tint prevailing 

 on the head, neck, back, flanks and hind-quarters, fore-legs, and tail. The throat, 

 chest, under parts, hind-feet, and under surface of the tail are blackish brown; while 

 a broad black band, margined with white, extends obliquely upward and backward 

 to terminate in a point on the loins. The length of the head and body is about four 

 feet, the height at the shoulder being about two. 



* They are somewhat too long in the figure. 



