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789. The Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla, Linn.). 

 Small specimen. 



Hab. India. 



790. The Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla, Linn.). 



Hab. India. 



Genus MYRMECOPHAGA, Linn. 



791. The Little Ant-eater ( Myrmecophaga didactyla, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 29. Cuv. A. K. vol. iii. p. 261 . Cat. of Mammalia 



in Brit. Mus. p. 191. 

 Hab. South America. 



792. The Little Ant-eater (Myrmecophaga didactyla, Linn.). 



Hab. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 29. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. i. p. 172. 

 Hab. South America. 



Genus BRADYPUS, Linn. 



793. The Three-toed Sloth or Ai (Bradypus tridactylus, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 28. Cuv. A. K. vol. iii. pp. 258, 271. Cat. of 



Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 193. 

 Hab. South America. 



Order V. INSECTIVORA. 



As a general rule, all have an elongated snout, and lead a nocturnal or subter- 

 raneous life, their food being chiefly insects. Their feet are short, and in 

 running they place the entire sole upon the ground. 



Family Talpidce, Gray. 



794. The Common Hedgehog (Er'maceus Europaus, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 73. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 82. 

 Hab. Europe. 



