THE TWO-TOED SLOTH. 



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PORCUPINE ANT-EATER, OR ECHIDNA. Echidna Hustras. 



another species of this curious animal, very similar in every respect except that of 

 color, which is of a darker brown, instead of the black and white which decorates the 

 spines of the common Echidna. Its scientific title is Echidna setosa. The Echidna is 

 tolerably widely spread over the sandy wastes of Australia, but has not been seen in 

 the more northern portions of that country. 



SLOTH. Cholsepus dldactylus. 



IN the last group of the mammalia, we find a very remarkable structure, adapted to 

 serve a particular end, and long misunderstood by zoologists. The common SLOTH, 

 sometimes called the TWO-TOED SLOTH, is a native of the West Indies, where it is not 

 very often seen, although it is not a very uncommon animal. 



The peculiarity to be noticed in all the Sloths, of which there are several species, is, 

 that they pass the whole of their lives suspended, with their backs downwards, from the 

 branches of trees. The Sloth never gets upon a bough, but simply hooks his curved 



