TOOTHLESS QUADRUPEDS. 73 



such rare sport to the hunters, is represented in Fig. 60. 



Fig. 60 Hare. 



The Rabbit, which is every where domesticated, is small- 

 er than the Hare, but is like it in form. It lives in a bur- 

 row, while the Hare lives in a sort of nest which it con- 

 structs from grass. 



124. We now pass to the Edentata or toothless Quad- 

 rupeds. This term applies only to a part of the order, 

 the Ant-eaters and the Pangolins. The Sloth and the 

 Armadilloes have back teeth, but they are imperfect. 



125. That singular animal, the Crested Ant-eater, Fig. 

 61 (p. 74), is found in Guiana, Brazil, and Paraguay. It 

 is nearly four feet long. It lives both on common ants 

 and the termites or white ants. "With its strong claws 

 it tears open their habitations, and then thrusts in its 

 long tongue. This, being covered with a gummy saliva, 

 has, when withdrawn, a multitude of ants adhering to it, 

 which the animal swallows. 



126. The Pangolins, or Manidae (plural of Manis), are 

 ant-eaters, and take the ants in the same way that the 

 Crested Ant-eater does. They are remarkable for being 

 encased in an armor of horny scales. When attacked, 

 they roll themselves up, and raise their sharp-edged scales 



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