LITTLE ANT-EATER. 
largest; four on the hind feet; head, bod)% 
limbs, and upper part and sides of the tail, 
covered with long, soft, silky hair, or rather 
wool, of a yellov^qsh brown colour ; from 
nose to tail seven inches and a half long; tail 
eight inches and a half, the last four naked 
on the under side ; the tail thick at the base, 
tapering to a point, and prehensile; inha- 
biting Guiana ; and climbing trees in quest of 
a species of Ants which build their nests 
among the branches. 
Seba is said, by Pennant and other respec- 
, table naturalists, " to have described this ani- 
mal by the name of Tamandua sive Coati 
Americana Alba;" or, the Tamandua, or 
White Coati, from America. This, we appre- 
hend to be a mistake, as the Middle, and not 
the Least, Ant-Eater, could alone be desig- 
nated under this chara6ler : that animal, in- 
deed, BufFon says, *' has whitish hair about 
two inches long;" and Pennant describes it to 
be '* shining and hard, of a pale yellow co- 
lour." 
Our Little or Least Ant-Eater, is thus de- 
scribed 
