SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Genus IV. — Myrmecophaga. 



Perfectly toothless ; head elongated ; muzzle tapering to a 

 point ; tongue protractile ; all the toes united to the root 

 of the nails, four before and five behind, or two before and 

 four behind, armed with strong digging nails; mammae 

 two pectoral, or two pectoral and two ventral ; tail some- 

 times prehensile. 



723. I. M. Jubata (Great or Maned Ant-eater.) Four 

 toes before, five behind ; tail furnished with long flow- 

 ing hair; with an oblique black line on the shoulders; 

 muzzle formed like a trumpet. Upwards of four feet long. 



Myrmecophaga Tridactyla, Liii. ed. 10. M. Jubata, 

 eju&dem ed. 12. Tamandua Gangu Brasiliensibus, Johnston, 

 Quad. 136. Bear Ant-eater, Dampier^ Voy. Tamanoir, 

 Buff. t. X. Gnouroumy or Yogouy, D'Azara, Paraguay. 



Icon. Marcg. Brasil. Johnston, L c. tab. 62. Buff. I. c. 

 and Supp. m.f. 45. pi. 19. Schreb. tab. 67. Shaw, vol. i. 

 pi. 19. 



Inhabits South America. 



724, 2. • M. Tamandua (the Tamandua.) Four toes 

 before, five behind ; tail round, naked toward the point, 

 prehensile ; varying much in colour, but most commonly 

 pale gray, with a band on the shoulders. About two feet 

 long. 



Tamandua Brasiliensibus Marcg. Brasil. Myrmeco- 

 phaga Tetradactyla et Tridactyla, Lin. M. Nigra, WAzara, 

 Voy. to Paraguay. 



Tamandua, Buff. t. x. Cagoure, DAzara, Quad, of 

 Paraguay. Little Bear Ant-eater of the Spanish Ame- 

 ricans. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 66. D'Azara, Voy. Marcgr. Bras. 225. 



Inhabits South America. 



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