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LITTLE ANT-EATER. 
Myrmecophaga Didactyla. M. palmis didactylis, plantis tedradac' 
tylis Cauda prehensili. 
Ant-Eater, with two toes on the fore feet, four on the hind, and 
prehensile tail. 
M. palmis didactylis J plantis tetradactylis, cauda fvillosa. Lin* Syst, 
Nat. 5 1 . 
Tamandua sen Coati Americana alba. Seb. l.p, 60. /. 37./. 3. 
Little Ant-Eater. Eduu.pl. 220. 
Fourmiller. JSiif, 10. p. 144.//. 30. 
This is an animal of great elegance. It is not 
superior in size to a squirrel; measuring little 
more than seven inches from the nose to the tail, 
which is longer than the body and head : the head 
is small; the snout sharpened and slightly bent 
downwards : the legs are short ; the fore feet have 
only two claws on each^ the exterior one much 
larger and stronger than the interior: on each of 
the hind feet are four claws of moderate size: the 
ears are very small and hid in the fur: the eyes 
are also small. The whole animal is covered with a 
beautiful soft, and somewhat crisped or curled, fur, 
of a pale yellow-colour, or rather yellow-brown : 
the tail^ which is very thick at the beginning or 
base, gradually tapers to the tip; and the lower sur- 
face, for about the space of four inches from the 
tip, is bare, the tail in this species being prehensile, 
and the animal commonly residing on trees, and 
preying on ants, by means of its long tongue, in 
the manner of other species. It is a native of 
Guiana. This species has been most elegantly 
figured both by Seba and Edwards ; but the figure 
