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THREE-TOED ANT-EATER. 
Myrmecophaga Tridactyla. M. palmis tridactylisi palmis tetro' 
dactylis, cauda 'villosa, Lin. Sysf, Nat. p- 
Ant-Eater, v/ith three toes on the fore feet, four on the hindl 
and villose tail. 
Tamandua-guacu. Seb. i.p, 60. /. 37. and p. 65. /. 40./. 1, 
This^ which must be considered as an obscure 
species^ seems to have been first mentioned by 
Seba, and from him adopted by Linnaeus and 
Brisson. The figures, however, which Seba gives, 
represent equally well the Four-toed Ant-Eater or 
Myrmecophaga tetradactyla of Linnasus, from 
which they only appear to differ in having pen- 
dulous ears, and three toes instead of four on the 
fore feet. It, therefore, seems highly probable 
that this supposed species may be rather a variety 
of the M. tetradactyla than truly distinct. Lin- 
naeus, in his slight description, mentions a lateral 
black band^ and adds, that the tail is broad and 
villose^ and that the animal carries it over its 
back and covers itself with it: he also says that 
the back has a longitudinal mane*. It is a na- 
tive, according to Linnaeus, of India. 
In the Leverian Museum are two specimens of 
the M, tetradactyla, which in general appearance 
agree with the abovementioned figures of Seba, ' 
except having the head rather smaller in propor- 
tion^ as well as the ears : yet there can be little 
doubt of their being in reahty the same species. 
* Neither this nor the black band are mentioned by Seba. 
