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in the Natural History of the Count de Buffon is, 

 by some mismanagement, so conducted as to give 

 a very erroneous idea both of the habit of the ani- 

 mal and the structure of the feet. The represen- 

 tation in the present work is from a beautiful spe- 

 cimen in the Leverian Museum, 



CAPE ANT-EATER. 



Myrmecophaga Capensis. M. palmis tetradactylis ; rostro longo, 

 auriculis magnh pendulis, cauda corpore bre<viore ad apkem attenu- 

 ata. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 53. 



Ant-Eater, with four toes on the fore feet, long snout, large 

 pendent ears, tail shorter than the body, and attenuated to- 

 wards the tip. 



Cochon de Terre. Baff. suppl 6. p. 230. pi. 31. 



Cape Ant-eater. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 261. 



The Count de Buffon, having formerly asserted 

 that none of the South American animals were 

 found in the continent of Africa,, and that none 

 of the African ones were to be found in South 

 America, thinks proper, in his supplemental vo- 

 lume, to maintain his former dogma, and is not 

 willing to consider this species as a genuine Ant- 

 Eater, though it possesses the usual character, viz. 

 mouth without teeth ; of a long form; and a long 

 retractile tongue. 



The Cape Ant-Eater is a large animal, mea- 

 suring about three feet and a half from the tip of 

 the nose to the beginning of the tail ; and the 

 tail measures one foot nine inches. The general 



