are thickly coated with ftrong, (harp fpines, of a cori- 

 fiderable length, and perfectly refembling thofe of the 

 common porcupine, except that inftead of being an- 

 nulated with feveral alternate rings of black and white, 

 as in that animal, they are moftly white, with black 

 tips, the colour running down to fome little diftance on 

 the quill, and beiag feparated from the white part by a 

 circle of dull orange : others are entirely white, or at 

 leaft have but a flight appearance of black towards the 

 tips. The head, legs, and whole under parts of the 

 body are of a deep brown or fable, thickly coated with 

 ftrong, clofe-fet, briftly hair. The tail is fhort, bare, 

 Jlightly flattened at the tip, and coated on the upper 

 part of the bafe, with fpines at leaft equal in length to 

 thofe of the back, and feated perpendicularly upwards. 

 The fnout is long and tubular, and perfectly refembles 

 in ftru&ure that of the Myrmecophaga jubata, or great 

 ant-eater ; having only a very fmall opening or rictus 

 at the tip, from whence is protruded a long lumbrici- 

 form tongue, as in the ant-eaters. The noftrils are 

 fmall, and feated near the extremity of the fnout. The 

 eyes are very fmall, and black, with a pale-blue iris. 

 The legs are very fhort and thick, and are each fur- 

 niflied with five rounded broad toes : on the fore feet 

 are five very ftrong, long, and blunt claws, of a black 

 colour ; feated on each toe. On the hind-feet are only 

 four claws, the thumb, which is broader than the reft 

 of the toes, being deftitute of a claw. The firft claw 

 on the hind-feet is extremely long, fomewhat curved, 

 and fharp-pointed ; the next rather fhorter, but of fimi- 

 lar appearance ; the two remaining ones far fhorter, 

 very flightly curved, and not fharp-pointed. 



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