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They all inhabit the hot and temperate parts of the new world, and pro- 
duce but a single young one at birth, which they carry on their back (a). 
M. jubata, Buff. X. xxxix, and Supp. IIT. lv. (The Tamanoir). 
More than four feet long, with four nails before and five behind; the 
tail is furnished with long hairs vertically directed, both above and 
beneath; the fur is of a greyish-brown, with an oblique black band 
edged with white on each shoulder. It is the largest of the ant- 
eaters; and it is asserted that it even, defends itself against the ja- 
guar. It inhabits low places, never climbs trees, and moves slowly. 
M. tamandua, Cuv.; M. tetradactyla, and M. tridactyla, L.; 
Schreb. LXVI. (The Tamandua). Has the form and feet of the 
preceding, but less than half its size; the tail, on which the hair is 
short, is prehensile and naked at the end, and enables the animal to 
suspend itself to the branches of trees. Some of them are of a yel- 
lowish-grey, with an oblique band on the shoulder that is only visible 
by a reflected light; others are fawn-coloured with a black band; 
some are fawn-coloured and striped, with the croup and belly black; 
and, finally, some are entirely blackish. Whether these differences 
belong to species or not is as yet unknown. 
M. didactyla, L.; Buff. X. xxx. (The Two-toed Ant-eater). 
The size ofa rat, with woolly hair, fawn-coloured; a red line along 
the back: the tail is prehensile, and naked at the end; only two 
nails before, one of which is very large; four behind.* 
Manis, Len. 
The Pangolins,} commonly called the Scaly Ant-eaters, are destitute 
of teeth, have a very extensible tongue, and live on ants and termites like 
true ant-eaters; but their body, limbs, and tail, are clothed with large 
trenchant scales arranged like tiles, which they elevate in rolling them- 
selves into a ball when they wish to defend themselves from an enemy. 
There are five toes to each foot. Their stomach is slightly divided in the 
middle, and there is no cecum. They are confined to the old continent. 
M. pentadactyla, L.; M. brachyura, Erxl,; Buff. X. xxxiv. 
(The Short-tailed Pangolin). Three or four feet long; the tail 
shorter than the body. From the East Indies. It is the Phattagen 
of Atlian, lib. xvi. cap. vi. 
M. tetradactyla, L.; M. macroura, Erxl.; Phatagin, Buff. X. 
* The Myrme. tridactyla, L.; Seba, pl. F., is only a Tamandua badly drawn. The 
M. striata, Shaw, Buff. Supp. IIT. pl. lvi, is a coati, disfigured by the stuffer. 
+ Pangoeling, according to Seba, in the language of Java, signifies an animal that 
rolls itself into a ball. In Bengal it is called Badgarkita or Stone Reptile; it is also 
ealled the Land Carp. The Dutch sailors called it the Devil of Formosa. 
Kas (a) The great Ant-eater commences his task by scratching with his long 
claws the ant-hill, and then with the filiform tongue, which is mentioned by Cuvier, 
and which may be elongated to an extent of more than two feet, and wet with saliva, 
he receives the ants: they quickly and completely cover the tongue, which he then 
withdraws, swallowing myriads in a single gulp. This process is repeated until no 
nts are to be found. The ant-eater climbs trees also for woodlice and wild 
