166 MAMMALIA, 
always half bent inwards, resembling a callosity of the tarsus ; hence 
the animal can only bring the side of the foot to the ground. The 
stomach of the Ant-Eaters is simple and muscular towards its py- 
lorus ; their intestinal canal moderate, and without a cecum.(1) 
They all inhabit the hot and temperate parts of the western conti- 
nent, and produce but a single young one at a birth, which they carry 
on their back. 
M. jubata; Buff. X, xxxix, and Supp. III, lv. (The Tama- 
noir.) More than four feet long, with four nails before and 
five behind; the tail is furnished with long hairs vertically di- 
rected, 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 Jaguar. It inhabits low places, never 
climbs trees, and moves slowly. 
M. tamandua, Cuy.; M. tetradactyla, and M. tridactyla, L.; 
Schreb. LXVI. (The Tamandua.) The form and feet of 
the preceding, but not half its size ; the tail, on which the hair 
is short, is prehensile and naked at the end, and enables the ani- 
mal to suspend itself to the branches of trees. Some of them 
are of a yellowish-grey, with an oblique band on the shoulder 
that is only visible in a certain 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 black- 
ish. Whether these differences are specific or not, is as yet 
unknown. 
M. didactyla, L.; Buff. X, xxx. (The Two-toed Ant-Eater.) 
The size of a 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 be- 
hind.(2) 
Manis, Lin. 
The Pangolins,3) or Scaly Ant-Eaters as they are called, are desti- 
tute of teeth, have a very extensible tongue, and live on Ants and Ter- 
mites like true'Ant-Eaters; but their body, limbs and tail are clothed 
(1) Daubenton has discovered in the M. didactyla two very small appendages, 
which, in strictness, may be considered as ceca. I have ascertained that there 
are none in the Tamandua. 
(2) The Myrme. tridactyla, L.; Seba, pl. F, is a Tamandua, badly drawn. The 
M. striata, Shaw, Buff. Supp. TI, pl. lvi, is a Coati, disfigured by the stuffer. 
(3) Pangoeling, according to Seba, in the language of Java signifies an animal 
that rolls itself into a ball. In Bengal, it is called Badjarkita or Stone Reptile ; it 
is also called the Land Carp. The Dutch sailors called it the Devil of Formosa. 
