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TRUE EDENTATA ; ANT-EATER, PANGOLIN. 



which are glued to its surface by the secretion that covers it. 



The Ant-eaters and Pangolins differ completely, however, in 



external aspect, and in 

 the nature of their 

 covering ; though they 

 are both furnished with 

 very efficient means of 

 defence against the In- 

 sects on which they 

 make war. For, in 

 the Ant-Eater, the 

 whole body is covered 

 with long shaggy hair, 

 which forms a kind of 

 mane along the back ; 

 and its tail, which is 

 carried erect, is very 

 bushy. In the Pan- 

 golin, (Fig. 49,) on 



the other hand, the whole body, as well as the tail, is covered 



with dense horny scales, which have an imbricated arrangement 



FIG. 144. HEAD AND FOOT OF ANT-EATER. 



FIG. 145 GREAT ANT-EATER. 



(each row being partly covered by the rest, like the tiles on a 

 roof) ; and when attacked, it rolls itself up into a ball, wraps its 

 tail over its head, and raises all its pointed and sharp-edged scales 

 in such array, as to defy the onset of any enemy. There is a 



