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in the Natural History of the Count de Buffon is, 
by some mismanagement, so conducted as to give 
a very erroneous idea both of the habit of the ani- 
mal and the structure of the feet. The represen- 
tation in the present work is from a beautiful spe- 
cimen in the Leverian Museum. 
CAPE ANT-EATER. 
Myrmecophaga Capensis. M. palmis tetradactylis, rostro longo, 
auriculis magnts pendulis, cauda corpore bre'viore ad apicem attenu- 
Ota. Lin. Sjsf. Nat. Gmel. p- S3' 
Ant-Eater, with four toes on the fore feet, long snout, large 
pendent ears, tail shorter than the body, and attenuated to- 
wards the tip. 
Cochon de Terre. Buf. suppl. 6» p, 230. //. 31. 
Cape Ant-eater. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 261. 
The Count de Buffon, having formerly asserted 
that none of the South American animals were 
found in the continent of Africa^ and that none 
of the African ones were to be found in South 
America, thinks proper, in his supplemental vo- 
lume, to maintain his former dogma, and is not 
wilUng to consider this species as a genuine Ant- 
Eater, though it possesses the usual character, viz. 
mouth without teeth ; of a long form ; and a long 
retractile tongue. 
The Cape Ant-Eater is a large animal, mea- 
suring about three feet and a half from the tip of 
the nose to the beginning of the tail ; and the 
tail measures one foot nine inches. The general 
