NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



devoid of teeth ; tongue long ; mouth small ; limbs short, front 

 feet with long digging claws. 

 The Pangolins are confined to the Old World including Africa. 



South African species 



I. Manis temmincki, Smuts. Scaly Ant-eater or Pangolin. 

 Enum. Mamm. Cap., p. 54 (1832) ; S. Afr. Quart. Journal, 

 ii. p. 176 (1834). 



Family : ORYCTEROPODIDJE 

 (The Ant-eater or Aard Fark} 



Pig-like animals with prolonged snout, small mouth, long and 

 protractile tongue ; teeth degenerate and minus enamel ; ears 

 large and pointed ; tail long and thick ; large digging claws. 



There is only one species in this family. It is confined to Africa. 



South African species 



I. Orycteropus afer, Pall. Aard Vark or Ant-eater. Proc. 

 Royal. Soc. y xlvii. p. 246 (1890). 



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