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roll Into a ball) liave short legs, furnislied witli stout claws ; 

 they are devoid of any external ear, and present no trace of 

 teeth.. Their method of feeding is exactly the same as that of 

 the Ant-eaters ; but their head, although elongated in shape, is 

 not quite so long or eccentric ia appearance, and their tongue 

 is less slender. They dwell ia forests, where they dig burrows, 

 or lodge in the hollow of trees. When they are attacked, they 

 roll themselves into a ball, like the Armadillo ; at the same 

 time their scales are erected, forming an impregnable buckler. 

 This family possesses several species. 



The Pangolins are of medium size ; they never exceed a yard 

 in total length. They are natives of the Old World exclusively ; 

 India and the Malay Isles, the south of China, and a great part 

 of Africa, are the regions which have been allotted to them by 

 nature. 



