178 STRIPED ANT-EATER. 
cies, and to give as part of the generic character 
Corpus puis, squamis, "cel aculeis tectum. Or it 
might even constitute a new genus, which would 
differ from those of Manis and Myrmecophaga, 
in having the body covered with spines. 
STRIPED ANT-EATER. 
Myrmecophaga Striata. M, Jla'vescensy fusco trans'versim fasciata, 
jnaxilla superiore longiore. 
Yellowish Ant-Eater, with transverse dusky bands, and the up- 
per jaw longer than the lower. 
Le Tamandua. Buff, suppl. 3. /». 381.//. 56. 
Striped Ant-Eater. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 259. 
This is figured in the :3d vol. of the supple- 
ment to the Count de Buffon's Quadrupeds ; and 
appears to be clearly a distinct species from any 
of the former. The nose is taper; the upper 
mandible extending very far beyond the lower: 
the eyes extremely small: the ears round and 
short : the tail covered with long hairs, so as to 
have a slightly bushy appearance: on the fore 
feet are five toes. The body and tail are of a 
yellowish-brown or tawny-colour; with the under 
parts white: the body is marked with broad, dis- 
tant, blackish, transverse stripes, and the tail is 
annulated with similar ones. The length of the 
specimen, from nose to tail, was thirteen French 
inches; of the tail seven inches and a half. It is 
a native of Guiana. 
