ACULEATED ANT-EATER. 
said to have calfed it the Ant-Eating Porcu- 
pine. 
The Aculeated Ant-Eater is about a foot 
long; and, as Dr. Shaw remarks, " is a striking 
instance of that beautiful gradation, so fre- 
quently observed in the animal kingdom, by 
which creatures of one tribe or genus ap- 
proach to those of a very different one." 
This animal, which is about a foot in length, 
has the external aimour, and general appear- 
ance, of the Porcupine ; with the mouth, and pe- 
culiar generical chara£i:er, of the Ant-Eater. 
The upper parts of the body and tail are com- 
pleatly covered vv'ithsirongand very sharp spines, 
greatly resembling those of the Porcupine. They 
are, however, thicker in proportion to their 
length; and, instead of being encircled with al- 
ternate rings of black and white, like the spines 
or quills of the Porcupine, they are mostly of a 
yellowish white, tipped vvith black, the two 
colours being separated by a ring of tawny 
yellow, or dull orange. In some specimens, 
sent from New South Wales, there is but a 
very slight appearance of black at the rips. 
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