I.I.CTURE III. 71 



tinned t> an HIM-'. iimion d :;rce, so as to ap- 



\ dill't i-( nt from tin- -hort .-lid j)luni|) a 

 uhich it b-ar> in its undisturbed state. 



It cannot liau 1 the attention of every 



one, that the ^cncru of the Pangolins and Ant- 

 Eaters diller nnly in their external covering from 

 each other; the Linn;'., ua M yrmecophaga 



being covered with hair, and that of Manis uitli 

 strong horny scalo. In con-vqui IK < therefore of 

 tlie discovery oi' the aeuli-aicd or porcupine Ant- 

 Eater, it follows that the Linna-an character of the 

 L:* nus Myrmeeophaga, is in part rcnderrd inap- 

 plicable, sin- nuine .spi-eic.-, <.)' Ant-Eater is 

 now discovered, which is coated, not with hair, 

 but with strong spines or quills. \\V may th- 

 fore either enlarge the Linna-an character of the 

 Ant-l ; .att -rs, l.\ that tlie body is covered 



r \\itli hair or .spino, or < Kc uc ma\ consider 

 the aculei'tr.l . \nt-l -titntini( a new and 



distinct ^enu.s, of which the characters will be, 

 a mouth of a tubular structure, and without teeth, 

 but furnislK (1 \\ith n^ilr tongue, and 



th body covered with .strong spines. I may add 



two oth r j-pcci'-v have been lately di-cu\cred, 



