GREAT ANT-EATER. 
I RE Ant-Eatero, which form a distinct genus 
F quadrupeds, in the Linnsan system, under 
le name of Myrmecophaga, are characterised 
i having no teeth ; the tongue round and ex* 
■nsile ; the mouth narrowed i|ito a snouts and 
le body covered with hair. Of these animals, 
lost modern naturahsts admit that there are 
iven species. BufFon contends, that they 
lould be considered as only three: the Ta- 
lanoir, or Great Ant-Eater; the Tamandua, 
r Middle Ant-Eater ; and the Fourmilier, or 
jttle Ant-Eater. The Great Ant-Eater, figured 
1 the print annexed, is Buffon's Tamanoir, or 
Jreat Ant-Eater; the Myrmecophaga Jubata, 
f Linnasus ; the Great Ant-Bear, of Ray ; the 
'ismire-Eater, of Nleuhoft ; the Tamandua- 
Tuacu, of Marcgrave, and of Plso; and the 
Treat Ant-Eater, of English naturalists. Pen- 
ant observes, that the specimen in the Leve- 
ian Museum, which our figure represents, is 
upeiior in size to any of -whic^i he had ever 
efore heard. The entire length, he says, is 
^vcn feet four inches : and he also particn- 
larizca. 
