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those of the hind. The colour of the whole ani- 
mal is an uniform deep brown^ with a cast of yel- 
lowish, and with a glossy or polished surface. 
The Manis tetradactyla grows to the length of 
five feet^ measuring from the tip of the nose to 
the extremity of the tail. 
SHORT-TAILED MANIS. 
Manis pedihus pentadactylis y cauda corporis longitiidine, 
Manis with five-toed feet, and tail the length of the body. 
Manis Pentadactyla. M. pedibus pentadactylis. Lin. Syst. Nat, 
A 52. 
Lacertus indicus squamosus. Bont. Ja'v, p. 60. 
Pangolin. Buff, io.pl. 34. 
Five-toed Manis. Naturalists* Miscellany ^ pi. 11. 
Short-tailed Manis. Pennant ^adr. p. 2^^. 
This species differs from the former, in being 
of a much thicker and shorter form: the tail^ in 
particular, differs greatly in proportion from that 
of the preceding, being not so long as the body; 
very thick at the base, and from thence gra- 
dually tapering^ but terminating very obtusely. 
The head is small as in the former; the ears small 
and rounded: the feet furnished with five toes 
each, of which those on the fore feet are ex- 
tremely strong, except the exterior one^ which is 
much smaller than the rest. The whole animal 
is covered with most extremely thick, strong, 
and large scales, which in the full-grown speci- 
