THE 



URSINE BRADYPUSj 



O R 



URSIFORM SLOTH, 



Generic Character. 



Cutting-Teeth none in either jaw. 

 Canine-Teeth folitary, longer than the grinders. 

 Grinders in each jaw 5 or 6. 



Specific Character. 



BLACK BRADYPUS with very long fhaggy 

 hair, and naked lengthened fnout. 



* Amongft the new fpecies of animals with which 

 Zoology has been lately enriched, the creature here 

 figured claims a diftinguimed place j and it may be 

 doubted whether it might not with great propriety 

 conftitute a new genus. In compliance however with 

 the opinion of Mr. Pennant, in whofe company I flrft 

 made an accurate examination of its characters, I have 

 here placed it as a fpecies of the genus Bradypus, or 

 Sloth. 



In its habit, or general appearance, it has a linking 

 refemblance to the common bear, and it has even been 

 confidered as a fpecies of bear by fome naturalifts. 



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