LITTLE ANT-EATER. 
Myrmecophaga, corpus pilosum, auies 
siibrotundae." His second species seems to me 
to be the above figrured and described animal. 
*' 2. Myrmecophaga, manibus da6lylis, 
plantis tetradadtylis :" which, in English," savs 
Edwards, may be rendered, *' the Ant-Eater'* 
— a family of the order of Field Animals, 
of which Linnaeus makes this the second spe- 
cies — with hands having two fingers, and 
feet having four toes." I hnd no figure, or 
any account of this aninial, farther than what 
Linnaeus has given above, which amounts to 
no more than a name. So that, I believe, 
this figure is the iirst that has been made 
puWic." 
This is the compleat account and descrip- 
tion given by Edwards, to accompanv his ex- 
cellent figure, which we have also copied. 
Pennant, who calls it the Least — or, rather, 
with his singularity of orthography, " the 
Lest" — Ant Eater, describes this animal as 
having a conic nose, bending a little down ; 
ears small, and hid in the fur ; two hooked 
claws on the fore feet, the exterior much ihe 
largest ; 
