SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Var. A. Yellowish-^ay ; transverse band, visible only 

 in certain directions. 



Var. B. Like the last, but -with black before the eyes. 



Var. C. Yellow, with an oblique line on each shoulder. 



Var. D. Yellow, with the crupper, flanks, belly, and 

 shoulders, bare. 



Var. E. Uniformly yellow. 



Var. F. Black. 



Var. G. Pale yellow, with a brown mantle, figured in 

 this Work under the name of the Ursine Ant-eater. 



Var. H. With an annulated tail, figured in this Work 

 under the name of Tamandua; annulated var. It is proba- 

 bly the M. Annulata of Desmarest, from Krusensten's 

 Voyage. 



Var. I. With a triangular brown spot about the eyes, 

 and tail annulated. 



725. 3. M. Didactyla (Little or Two-toed Ant-eater.) Only 

 two nails on the fore-feet, one of which is very large ; four 

 on the hind-feet ; tail long and prehensile, naked under- 

 neath at the extremity ; fur wholly yellow, with a dorsal 

 deeper stripe; length of body seven or eight inches. 



Myrmecophaga Didactyla, Lin. M. Minima, Bn'ssout 

 Regn. Anim. 28. 



Little Ant-eater, Edwards, Glean. 



Icon. Buff. t. X. pi. 30. Edwards, I. c. pi. 200. Shaw, 

 Zool. vol. I. pi. 52. Schreb. tab. 6G. 



Inhabits South America. 



Var. A. Without the dorsal stripe. The M. Unicolor of 

 Geoffroy's MSS. 



Obs. The Tamandua of Buff. Supp. iii. 36, and of Shaw 

 and Boddaert, is a factitious species. 



Genus V. — Manis. 

 Toothless; body elongated, and reptile-like; muzzle 



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