178 STRIPED ANT-EATER. 



cies, and to give as part of the generic character 

 Corpus pills, squamis, vel aculeis tectum. Or it 

 might even constitute a new genus, which would 

 differ from those of Manis and Myrmecophaga, 

 in having the body covered with spines. 



STRIPED ANT-EATER. 



Myrmecophaga Striata. M. flavescens , fusco trans-versim fasciata, 

 maxilla superiore longiore. 



Yellowish Ant-Eater, with transverse dusky bands, and the up- 

 per jaw longer than the lower. 



Le Tamandua. Buff, suppl. 3. p. 381.//. 56. 



Striped Ant-Eater. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 259. 



This is figured in the 3d vol. of the supple- 

 ment to the Count de Buffon's Quadrupeds ; and 

 appears to be clearly a distinct species from any 

 of the former. The nose is taper; the upper 

 mandible extending very far beyond the lower: 

 the eyes extremely small: the ears round and 

 short : the tail covered with long hairs, so as to 

 have a slightly bushy appearance: on the fore 

 feet are five toes. The body and tail are of a 

 yellowish-brown or tawny-colour; with the under 

 parts white: the body is marked with broad, dis- 

 tant, blackish, transverse stripes, and the tail is 

 annulated with similar ones. The length of the 

 specimen, from nose to tail, was thirteen French 

 inches ; of the tail seven inches and a half. It is 

 a native of Guiana. 



