GREAT ANT-EATER. l67 
at the entrance of the gullet or oesophagus; or 
rather, according to the celebrated Camper, at 
the lower end of the jaws. The species of Ant- 
Eaters are not numerous. 
GREAT ANT-EATER. 
My rmecophaga Jiibata. M. palniis tedradactylis y plantis fentadaC" 
tylis Cauda jubata. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 52. 
Grey-brown Ant- Eater, with four toes on the fore feet, five on 
the hind, long snont, and very long bushy tail. 
Tamanoir. Buff, 10. p. i^i,pl. 29. 
Great Ant-Eater. Pennant ^adr. 2^ p. 2^6. 
Museum Leverianum, 'voL l . p. gg, pi, 12. 
This is by far the largest of the Ant-Eaters, 
being upwards of seven feet in length, from 
the tip of the nose to the end of the tail; but 
if measured to the origin of the tail, it is no 
more than about five feet and a half. ■ It is an 
animal of an uncouth appearance: the head is 
small: the snout very long : the eyes small : the 
ears short and round : the shoulders thick and 
muscular, from whence the body tapers towards 
the tail; but the thighs are thick and stout: the 
colour of the animal is a deep grey, with a very 
broad band of black running from the neck down- 
wards on each side the body, growing gradually 
narrower as it passes down ; this black band is ac- 
companied on the upper part by a streak of white; 
the fore legs are of a lighter cast than the hinder; 
and have a patch or spot of black in front no- 
