LONG-TAII,ED MANIS. 
IHE Mailis is a genus of animals in tlie 
Linnaean system, charad^ierisecl as having no 
teeth ; the tongue being round, and very ex- 
tensile ; the mouth small, and situated at the 
extremity of the snout ; and the upper parts 
of the body covered with moveable bony 
scales. Pennant says — These animals ap- 
proach so nearly the genus of Lizards, as to 
be the links in the chain of beings which 
conne61; the proper quadrupeds with the reptile 
class." He describes three different species, 
which are now known; but Linnzeus, and 
Buffon, were unacquainted with more than 
two. 
These animals," says Buffon, " are com- 
monly known by the name of Scaly Lizards.*' 
He adds—'' We have reje^led this denomina- 
tion, first, because it is compounded ; se- 
condly, because it is ambiguous, and is applied 
to both specius ; ar.d, t'lirdly, becau e it is 
improper, tiicse animals being of a different 
class trom the Lizards, which are oviparous 
reptiles, 
