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naked and prehensile, by means of which it is ena- 

 bled to suspend itself to the branches of trees. 



Porcupine Ant-eater (Myrraecophaga Aculeata, 

 Shaw's Zoology, vol. 1, page 175). 



This is one of those curious animals which have 

 been lately discovered in New Holland ; it differs 

 from all ihe other Ant-eaters in having the body 

 covered with sharp spines, resembling porcupines* 

 quills, only they are shorter and thicker in propor- 

 tion. It has a remarkably long, tubular snout, with 

 a very small mouth, out of which it shoots its 

 tongue, in the same manner as the others. It 

 burrows under the ground with the greatest ease, 

 nature having furnished it with amazing strength in 

 its legs and feet. 



Another Porcupine Ant-eater, varies from the above 

 in the lightness of the colour of the spines, and their 

 being shorter, and more covered with stiff whitish 

 hair; probably of a different sex, or a younger 

 animal. 



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