LECTURE III. TS 



sliorter than the body. It grows to the length of 

 four or five feet, or even more. The other species 

 or four-toed Pangolin, the M. tetradactyJa of 

 Linnaeus, is very closely allied to the preceding, 

 but is of a rather longer or more slender shape, 

 with only four claws on all the feet^ and the tail 

 is considerably longer than the body. Its man- 

 ners are similar to those of the preceding kind, 

 and its size scarcely inferior. 



The next genus which we shall attend to, is 

 that of Myrmecophaga, or Ant-Eater. It is distin- 

 guished, like that of Manis, by having the mouth 

 lengthened into the form of a snout, and perfectly 

 ;<iestitute of teeth, except that, very deep at the 

 back part of the mouth, are said to be situated 

 (according to the observations of Camper) a pair 

 of small bony prominences, which may be sup- 

 posed to act as a kind of grinders: the tongue, as 

 m the former genus, is very long, round, and 

 capable of being extended to a great distance 

 from the tip of the snout. The body, except in 

 one or two species lately discovered, is covered 

 with hair. The species of Ant-Eaters are not nu- 

 merous. The chief is the Great Ant-eater, or 

 M. Jubata of Linn sens, a quadruped of ^evy con- 



