THREE-TOED AJ^T-EATEH. 
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The Three-toed Ant-Eater of Seba may, there- 
fore, be a mere variety of the Four-toed or Tetra- 
dactyla, and perhaps neither the black lateral 
band, nor the pendidous ears, ought to considered 
as constituting a permanent or specific charactei'. 
It is remarkable that Mr. Pennant, in his His- 
tory of Quadrupeds, makes no mention of the M. 
tridactyla. 
For the satisfaction of the reader, Seba's figure 
of this supposed species is represented in the pre- 
sent work, and those who are conversant in na- 
tural History will readily perceive that it can 
scarce be allowed to differ from the Myrmeco- 
phaga tetradactyla. On the other hand, I ought 
not to omit an observation of Mr. Vosmaer, who 
received from the Cape of Good Hope a specimen 
preserved in spirits of wine, and which he sup- 
posed to be a new-born animal, though as large 
as a young pig. He affirms that Seba s figures are 
very good ; that they represent a perfectly distinct 
species, viz. that of which he received the young ; 
but that the fore feet are furnished with four 
claws. Thus, in reality^ the Seban animal, though 
erroneously mentioned as having only three toes 
on the fore feet, may still be, in all other respects, 
a very exact representation of a species not yet 
perfectly described ; while the Linnsean tridactyla 
must continue unknown, unless he really meant 
the animal of Seba, 
