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MAMMALIA. BRUTA. Manis. 107 



VII. M A N I S.— 7. MA N IS. 9. 



Has no teeth : The tongue is round, and very extenfile ; the 

 mouth is fmall, and is fituated at the extremity of the 

 fnout; the upper parts of the body are covered with move- 

 able bony fcales. 



The animals of this genus live on ants, worms, and lizards; they have no voice; they walk {lowly, 

 burrow in the ground, and go out only during night in fearch of food : When irritated, they erect 

 their fcales on end ; and; when in danger from enemies, they contract themfelves into a globular 

 figure, the head and tail being drawn together under the belly, fo that nothing appears but a g] >bc, 

 all prickly with erected fharp fcales; the tail is fat, and greatly efteemed by epicures; the whole i'pper 

 parts of the body are clothed with fcales, which are chanelled at their bafes, and ftand fufficiently 

 diftinct from each other to allow of motion ; they are laid over each other like tiles, a good deal re- 

 fembling the calyx of an artichoke ; the belly, breaft, and infides of the legs and thighs, are hairy; 

 and the tail is covered on every fide, even below, with fcales ; the ears are rounded and naked ; the 

 middle claws of the fore paws are larger than the reft, and thefe are bent under the foot in walking, 

 Thefe animals have a ftrong affinity with the Ant-eaters, from which they chiefly differ in the cover- 

 ing of the body. 



I. Pangolin. — 1. Manis pcnladaciyla, 1. 



Has five toes on all the feet. Act. Stock. 1749, p. 265. t. 6. f. 3. Schreber, ii. 210. tab. lxix. 



Philodotus pentadactylus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet, and roundifh fcales. 



Briff. quad. 29. — Indian fcaly-lizard. Bont. Jav, 60 Leffer fcaly-lizard, having briftles interfper- 



fed. Petiv. gaz. 32. t. 20. f. 2. — Larger fcaly-armadillo of Ceylon, called Diabolus tajovanicus. 

 Seba, Muf. i. 88. t. 54. f. 1. et 53. f. 4. — Scaly ant-eater, Myrmecophagus fquamofus, or Daemon 



thebaicus. Herm. Muf. 295.: — Pangolin. Sm. Buff. v. 355. pi. cl Short-tailed manis. Penn. hift. 



of quad. n. 368. — Five-toed manis. Nat. Mile. pi. 11. 



Inhabits Guinea, China, India, and the iflands of the Indian Ocean. — This is the larger fpecies of 

 -the genus : The fore feet are covered with fcales to their extremity ; the fcales are large, thick, con- 

 vex, not much chanelled, rounded, and fharp at the edges ; the under parts of the body have no 

 hair; but, between the fcales on the back, are a few long thick hairs, like hogs briftles : When full 

 grown, it is from fix to eight feet long, including the tail, which is almoft as long as the body. 



2. Phatagin. — 2. Manis tetradactyla. z.. 



Has four toes on all the feet. Schreber, ii. 211. pi. Ixx. 



Philodotus tetradactylus, having four-toed feet, pointed fcales, and a very long tail. Briff. quad. 

 "3 1 — Foreign fcaly lizard. Cluf. exot. 374.— Indian lizard, of the fame genus with the Yvana. 



Aldr. ovip. dig. 668. t. 667.— Scaly-lizard. Grew's rarities, 46 Phatagin. Sm. Buff. v. 355. 



pi. clL— Long-tailed manis. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 367. 



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