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those of the hind. The colour of the whole ani- 

 mal is an uniform deep brown, with a cast of yel- 

 lowish, and with a glossy or polished surface. 

 The Manis tetradactyla grows to the length of 

 five feet, measuring from the tip of the nose to 

 the extremity of the tail. 



SHORT-TAILED MANIS. 



Manis pedibus pentadactylis, cauda corporis longitudine. 

 Manis with five-toed feet, and tail the length of the body. 

 Manis Pentadactyla. M. pedibus pentadactylis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 52. 

 Lacertus indicus squamosus. Bont. Jaw. p. 60. 

 Pangolin. Buff. 10. //. 34. 



Five-toed Manis. 'Naturalists' Miscellany, pi. II. 

 Short-tailed Manis. Pennant Quadr. p. 253. 



This species differs from the former, in being 

 of a much thicker and shorter form: the tail, in 

 particular, differs greatly in proportion from that 

 of the preceding, being not so long as the body; 

 very thick at the base, and from thence gra- 

 dually tapering, but terminating very obtusely. 

 The head is small as in the former; the ears small 

 and rounded: the feet furnished with five toes 

 each, of which those on the fore feet are ex- 

 tremely strong, except the exterior one, which is 

 much smaller than the rest. The whole animal 

 is covered with most extremely thick, strong, 

 and large scales, which in the full-grown speci- 



