6SDAT ANT-EATEE OE AlfT-BEAE. One of the strangest appearing of mammals is the Ant-Bear, of which a characteristic picture is here 



given, depicting the long slender head, the coarse long fur which increases in length toward the flanks and tail, and the heavy, short limbs. It lives on Ants 

 and tlieir larvae and is a harmless and helpless animal, its long clumsy cJaws not permitting escape from its enemies. (.Myrmecophagajubata.) 



