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TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE 



and about the size of a rat. It is called the two-toed 

 ant-eater, because it is only the second and middle fingers 

 which have claws. Like the tamandua it is only found 

 in the forests of Central and South America. 



Fig. 70. 



THE SMALLEST ANT-EATER. 



The ant-eaters are difierent indeed in aspect from the 

 sloths, but the next group, the armadillos, are still more 

 divergent. 



They are amongst beasts what tortoises are amongst 

 reptiles ; inasmuch as a large part of their skin is ossi- 



