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They all inhabit the hot and temperate parts of the new world, and pro- 

 duce but a single young one at birth, which they carry on their back (a). 



M.juhata, BufF. X. xxxix, and Supp. III. Iv. (The Tamanoir). 

 More than four feet long, with four nails before and five behind; the 

 tail is furnished with long hairs vertically directed, both above and 

 beneath ; the fur is of a greyish-brown, with an oblique black band 

 edged with white on each shoulder. It is the largest of the ant- 

 eaters ; and it is asserted that it even defends itself against the ja- 

 guar. It inhabits low places, never climbs trees, and moves slowly. 



M. tamandua, Cuv. ; M. tetradactyla, and M. tridactrjla, L. ; 

 Schreb. LXVI. (The Tamandua). Has the form and feet of the 

 preceding, but less than half its size ; the tail, on which the hair is 

 short, is prehensile and naked at the end, and enables the animal to 

 suspend itself to the branches of trees. Some of them are of a yel- 

 lowish-grey, with an oblique band on the shoulder that is only visible 

 by a reflected light ; others are fawn-coloured with a black band ; 

 some are fawn-coloured and striped, with the croup and belly black; 

 and, finally, some are entirely blackish. Whether these differences 

 belong to species or not is as yet unknown. 



M. didactyla, L. ; Buff. X. xxx. (The Two-toed Ant-eater). 

 The size of a rat, with woolly hair, fawn-coloured; a red line along 

 the back : the tail is prehensile, and naked at the end ; only two 

 nails before, one of which is very large ; four behind.* 



Manis, Lin. 



The Pangolins,']- commonly called the Scaly Ant-eaters, are destitute 

 of teeth, have a very extensible tongue, and live on ants and termites like 

 true ant-eaters ; but their body, limbs, and tail, are clothed with large 

 trenchant scales arranged like tiles, Avhich they elevate in rolling them- 

 selves into a ball when they wish to defend themselves from an enemy. 

 There are five toes to each foot. Their stomach is slightly divided in the 

 middle, and there is no cacum. They are confined to the old continent. 

 M. pentadactyla, L. ; M. hrachyura, Erxl, ; Buff. X. xxxiv. 

 (The Short-tailed Pangolin). Three or four feet long; the tail 

 sliorter than the body. From the East Indies. It is the Phattagen 

 of ^lian, lib. xvi. cap. vi. 



M. tetradactyla, L. ; M. maeroura, Erxl. ; Phatagin, BufF. X. 



* The Mtjrme. tridacttjla, L. ; Seba, pi. F., is only a Tamandua badly drawn. The 

 M. striata, Shaw, Buff". Supp. III. pi. Ivi, is a coati, disfigured by the stuffer. 



f PangoeUng, according to Seba, in the language of Java, signifies an animal that 

 rolls itself into a ball. In Bengal it is called £arf^arA-j/a or Stone Reptile; it is also 

 called the Land Carp. The Dutch sailors called it the Devil of Formosa. 



||^g° (a) The great Ant-eater commences his task by scratching with his long 

 claws the ant-hill, and then with the filiform tongue, which is mentioned by Cuvier, 

 and which may be elongated to an extent of more than two feet, and wet with saliva, 

 he receives the ants: they quickly and completely cover the tongue, which he then 

 withdraws, swallowing myriads in a single gulp. This process is repeated until no 

 more ants arc to be found. The ant-eater climbs trees also for wondlice and wild 

 honey. — Eng. Ed. 



