GREAT ANT-EATER. 
iarises the following dimensions—the tail, twi 
feet nine indies; from tlie tip of the nose, t 
the ears, a foot; the height, to the top of ili 
shoulders, two feet; hairs of the tail, one fo{ 
two inches long ; of the mane, a foot. A ski 
of this animal, now in the British Museum, 
tliouzht to be nearly of eqcal size^ 
Pennant's general description is as follows- 
The Great Ant-Eater has a long slendt 
nose; small black eyes; a slender tongue, tw 
feet and a half long, which lies double in th 
iiiouth ; slender legs ; tour toes on the fore-fee 
and five on the hind; tlie two middle claws 6 
the fore- feet very large, strong, and hooked 
ihe hair on the upper part "of the body half 
foot long, of a black colour mixed with grey 
from tiie neck, cross the shoulders, to the side; 
is a black hne, bounded above with white; th 
iore-]eg;s are whitish, marked above tlie fee 
with a black spot; the tail is cicatlied with ver 
coarse black hairs, a foot long; the length 
from nose to tail, is abont three feet two inches| 
thai of the tail, two and a half j and the weigd 
of tbe whole about a hundred pounds. 
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