26 CYCLOPES. TAMANDUDA. 
Measurements. Total length, 400; tail, 205; hind foot, 34. Skull: 
occipito-nasal length, 50; greatest breadth of braincase, 24; median 
length of nasals, 13; lateral length of nasals, 14; interorbital constric- 
tion, 8.5; length of single half of mandible, 32. 
Fic. VIII. CYCLOPES DORSALIS. LITTLE OR TWO-TOED ANTEATER. 
9. Tamandua. 
Tamandua Frisch, Nat. Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 5 Tab. 
Gen. 1775. Less., Nouv. Tabl. Régn. Anim. Manan) eae: 
p. 152. Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1865, p. 383. Type Myrmeco- 
phaga tetradactyla Linneus. 
Tamanduas, F. Cuv., Dict.- Scien. Nat., LIx, 1829) passom 
Uroleptes Wagl., Nat. Syst. Amphib., 1830, p. 36. 
Palatine and pterygoid bones united beneath the nasal canal for 
the whole length. Fur of body and tail short, bristly. Tail tapering, 
prehensile. Skull long, slender; nose nearly as long as braincase. 
Habits mainly arboreal. 
KEY TO. RE SE ECE. 
A. Tail scaly, scantily haired. PAGE 
a. Tail buff at base; rest mixed yellow and 
10) F-Nct | a Cupra ON SHER Yarra WN OE AY Sh ins. dy 3 T. tetradactyla 27 
be Lail'straw color. <2). ct oS ae ee T. sellata 28 
