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podidae), Fig. 167; the American ant eaters (Myrmecophidae), Fig. 168; 

 and armadillos (Dasypodidae), Fig. 169. 



(From 



FIG. 168. The great ant-eater of Brazil, Myrmecophaga jubata. 

 Ingersoll, The Life of Animals, after Beddard.) 



Economically this is an unimportant order. The great anteater 

 or ant-bear may reach a length of 7 feet; in spite of its size its food 



FIG. 169. Armadillo, "Peludo," Dasypus sexcinctus. xMo- (From Ingersoll, 

 The Life of Animals, after Sanborn, N. Y. Zool. Soc.} 



consists of ants which it captures by means of a long slender tongue. 

 It is used to some extent by the natives as food. 



