LONG-TAILED MANIS. 
reptiles, while the animals under consideration 
are viviparous quadrupeds." 
In treating of these animals, BufFon adopts 
their East Indian names : the Manis Penta- 
dadtyla of Linnjeus, or Short-Tailed Manis 
of Pennant, he denominates the Pangolin ; 
and thfe Manis Tetradadlyla, or Long-Tailed 
Manis of Pennant, being the animal which 
we have figured, is what he calls the Phatagin. 
The third, or newly-discovered species, is de- 
scribed, by Pennant, under the name cf the 
Broad-Tailed Manis. 
We shall extradl the general observations 
of Buffon, though he has not always suffi- 
ciently discriminated what more particularly 
appertains to one species than the other. 
" All Lizards," he observes, " are entirely 
covered with a smooth skin, variegated with 
spots which resemble scales : but the Pango- 
lin, and Phatagin, have no scales on the 
throat, breast, and belly. The Phatagin, 
like other quadrupeds, has liair on all the 
inferior parts of the bodv ; and tlic Pangolin 
has, 
