180 LONG-TAILED MANIS. 
They are animals of a harmless nature, and 
feed in the same manner as the Ant-Eaters, by 
thrusting out their very long tongue into the 
nests of ants and other insects^ and swallowing 
their prey by suddenly retracting it, having no 
teeth, and differing from the Ant-Eaters in scarce 
any other circumstance but that of their scaly 
integument. They are found in India and the 
Indian islands. 
LONG-TAILED MANIS. 
Manis pedihus tetradactylisy cauda longissima. 
Manis with four-toed feet and very long tail. 
Manis Tetradactyla. M, pedibus tetradactylis. Lin, Syst, Nat. 
A 53. 
Lacerta indica guanae congener. JIdr. ovip. dig. 668. 
Scaly Lizard. Grend^s Rarities ^ p. 46. 
Le Phatagin. Buff. 10. p. 180. //. 34. 
Four-toed Manis. Naturalists^ Miscellany, pi. 36. 
Long- tailed Manis. Pennant ^adr. z. p. 252. 
This animal, known in India by the name of 
the Phatagen^ is of a very long and slender form : 
the head is small; the snout narrow: the whole 
body, except beneath, covered with broad, but 
sharp-pointed scales, which are striated through- 
out their whole length: the tail is more than 
twice the length of the body, and tapers gradually 
to the tip. The legs are very short; scaled like 
the body, and on each of the feet are four claws, 
of which those on the fore feet are stronger than 
