2> TAMANDUA. 391 



Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Linn, S. iV. ed. 10, p. 35. 



Myrmecophaga sciurea, Pallaa, Misc. p. 65. 



Tama novCfSuffon, H. N. x. p. 144, t. 29; Supp. iii. t. 65; Ckmier, 



Oss. Foss. V. p. 97, t. 9. 

 Gfieat Ant-eater, Penn. 



Hah. South America, La Plata. 



Anatomy.— ^ee Owen, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 22; Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 xix. p. 59; Trans. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 117; Eapp, Edent. t. 46 (ske- 

 leton) ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. t. 9 (skeleton). 



6. Arboreal. Tail corneal, prehensih ; feet clasping the branches. 



2. TAMANDUA. 



Toes 5 . 4. Palatine and pterygoid bones united beneath the 

 nasal canal for the whole length. Fur of body and tail short, bristly. 

 Tail tapering, prehensile. Skull long, slender ; nose nearly as long 

 as brain-case (Eapp, t. 5). Living on trees. 

 Tamandua, Gray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 383. 



The tongue (figured by Eapp, Edent. t. 6. f. 4) is elongate, cylin- 

 drical, rather tapering, covered with rings of acute tubercles, and 

 with a globular end. 



1. Tamandua bivittata. (Collared Tamandua.) B.M. 



Head, shoulders, fore limbs, outside of hind limbs, and middle of 

 the tail white ; a stripe from each side of the neck over the shoulder 

 and remaining part black. " TaU but little longer than the body ; 

 its terminal third scaly." — Turner. 



Var. Black less intense. , 



Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Linn. S. JV. p. 61. 



Myrmecophaga tetradactyla, Xmre. S. iVi p. 52 ; Sapp, Edent. p. 14, 



t. 3 6, t. 5 (skull). 

 Myrmecophaga tamandua, Cuv, ; Desm. Mamm. p. 374 ; Blainv. 



OstSogr. t. (skeleton). 

 Tamandua tetradactyla, Lesson ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 191 ; 



Gerrard, Cat. Banes B. M. p. 288; Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 218 ; 



Desm. N. Diet. S. N. xii. p. 107 ; Massmann, Descr. 1823, t. 2 



(skull). 

 Myrmecophaga bivittata, 2)e«»i. N. Diet. H. N. xii. p. 107. 

 Myrmecophaga nigra, Geoff. ; Desm. N. Diet. H. N. xii. p. 107. 

 Myrmecophaga myosura, PaMas, Miseell. p. 64. 

 Myrmecophaga ursina. Griff. A. K. p. 16. 

 Myrmecophaga crispus, Riipp. Mus. Senck. iii. p. 179. 

 Tamandua bii'ittata. Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 384. 

 Tamandua, Buffon, H. N. x. p. 144 ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. p. 101. 

 Middle Ant-eater, Peim. 



Hah. Brazil; Paraguay. 



Myrmecophaga annulata (Desm. Mamm. p. 374, from Krusen- 

 stern, Voyage, t. fig., altered Griffith, A. K. 1. 144) and M. annulata 

 et M. striata (Shaw, from Buff, H. N. Supp. iii. t. 56) are only a 

 Coati (Nasua) disfigured. 



