1 4 Of Ojtadrupedes. P a r t I. 
The GREAT TAMANDUA; by the People of 
Brafile,Tamandua-guacu $ by the Englifhfhs, Great Ant-Bear-^ 
Becaufe he feeds upon Ants, and is fhagg d, and hinder- 
footed almoft like a Bear. He hath alfo a very long and 
fharp Snout, a {lender Tongue, and extenfible to a great 
length, alfo a long and brufhy Tail : which arc his prin- 
cipal .Characters. See him described in John, de Laet, out 
of Lerins, in Guliel. Pifo, Marggravius, and others. Abbce- 
( a ) Ub.i6. villamis, quoted alfo hjjoh.de Laet, (a) hath given a 
C,I 5- different Defcnption 3 and probably a falfe one. 
He catcheth Ants by fcratching open their fubterraneal 
Hives, and then thrufting his Tongue into them 5 which 
^ . after a while , he draws back into his mouth laden with 
ResBraa 1 tlie Prey, (b) He ufeth his Tail for a Cover, which, like a 
p- 223. Squirrel, he fometimes fpreads over his whole body, (c) 
COibid. The SKUL L of the RIVER-HORSE or HIP- 
POPOTAMUS. If we refpeel: his Figure, he were more 
properly called B U P O T A M U S, or RIVER-OXE. 
And accordingly the Germans rightly call him Wafer- 
Ocks 3 and the Italians at Co?ifta?itinople BOMARIN. 
The fame Animal , which in the Book of Job is called 
BEHEMOTH-^ as is folidly proved by Bochart, in his 
Hierozoicon. He is almoft every where defcribed very 
falfly. Ariftotle falfly gives him a Maine, like that of a 
(J) chin. Horfe : deluded, 'tis likely, by the Name. Kircher (d) 
falfly gives him all Horfe Teeth. In the Mufdeum Roma- 
nam, he is defcribed with double Hoofs like an Ox, and 
pictured with four or five Claws like a Bear 3 neither truly. 
Bellonius , who faw one alive, but yet very young , was 
the firft that hath given any tollerable Defcnption of him. 
Yet as to the Teeth, he is miftaken, comparing them all to 
thofe of a Horfe : probably becaufe they were not yet 
^ F ^- C ° e " grown, (e) But Columna, who alfo faw one, and that full 
Aquat. & grown, hath given a moft accurate Defcription hereof, 
Terreft. J 11S principal Characters being thefe 3 Four yards and half 
long, about two yards high, a yard and half broad. Short 
leg'd. Cloven-hoofed 3 yet not with two, but four Hoofs. 
Sote Tailed like a Tortoife, (Or like a Hog, (/) which he alfo 
quoted by twills in the fame manner ) Head almoft like an Ox. His 
Bochart. chaps wide. His Eyes fmall. His fore Teeth prodigioufly 
great, being fome of them * afoot roundabout, above * 
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