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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 pedihus 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 indicns squamosals. Bont. Jaru. p. 60. 

 Pangolin. Buff. 10.pl. 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; 

 v f ery 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- 



