THE 



FIVE-TOED MANIS. 



Generic Character. 



No Teeth. 



Tongue cylindric and extenfile. 

 Mouth narrowed into a fnout. 

 Body covered with fcales. 



Specific Character. 



MANIS with pentada&ylous (or five-toed) feet. 



Lin, 



SHORT -TAILED MANIS. 



Pennant. Hiji. Qua Jr. p. 505, 



If external form alone were regarded in this animal, 

 it might be looked upon as a fpecies of Lizard, fo link- 

 ing is the general refemblance which it bears to that 

 tribe. In reality, however, it has no other affinity 

 with thofe creatures ; it is a genuine viviparous qua- 

 druped, and only differs from the generality of other 

 quadrupeds in being covered, not with hairs, but with 

 large and ftrong fcales, which are io admirably con- 

 trived by Nature, as to enable it to contract itfelf on 

 the approach of danger, into an oblong ball, in fuch 



a manner 



