LITTLE ANT-EATER. 
I'HtS curious animal, the Myrmecophaga 
Didaclyla of LinniEus, appears to have been 
first figured by Edwards, under the name of 
the Little Ant-Eater. By the natives of Gui- 
ana, where it inhabits, it is called, BufFon savs, 
the Ouatiriouaou; aild himself names it the 
Fourmillier. 
The Little Ant-Eater, which Is about the 
size of our comm.on English squirrel, is thu;? 
described by Edwards, with his customary 
precision. 
It is covered with very thick soft hair, 
shining like silk, and a little curled or waved 
on the back. A dusky line runs along the 
back, from the neck to the beginning of the 
tail; and a dusky list, also, on the belly, runs 
parallel to that on the back, but is somewhat 
broader. The hair of the head, body, an'l 
tail, is of a light leddlsh brown; that of the 
legs, and the thickest part of the tail? inclines 
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