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at the entrance of the gullet or oesophagus; or 

 rather, according to the celebrated Camper, at 

 the lower end of the jaws. The species of Ant- 

 Eaters are not numerous. 



GREAT ANT-EATER. 



Myrmecophaga Jubata. M. palmis tedradactylis , plantis pentadac- 



tylis cauda jubata. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 52. 

 Grey-brown Ant-Eater, with four toes on the fore feet, five on 



the hind, long snout, and very long bushy tail. 

 Tamanoir. Buff. 10. p. \\\. pi. 29. 

 Great Ant-Eater. Pennant Quadr. z* p. 256. 

 Museum Leuerianum, 'vol. l. p. yc). pi. 12. 



This is by far the largest of the Ant-Eaters, 

 being upwards of seven feet in length, from 

 the tip of the nose to the end of the tail; but 

 if measured to the origin of the tail, it is no 

 more than about five feet and a half. It is an 

 animal of an uncouth appearance: the head is 

 small : the snout very long : the eyes small : the 

 ears short and round: the shoulders thick and 

 muscular, from whence the body tapers towards 

 the tail; but the thighs are thick and stout: the 

 colour of the animal is a deep grey, with a very 

 broad band of black running from the neck down- 

 wards on each side the body, growing gradually 

 narrower as it passes down ; this black band is ac- 

 companied on the upper part by a streak of white; 

 the fore legs are of a lighter cast than the hinder; 

 and have a patch or spot of black in front no- 



