'd'ndo.ciyla 
, 7 ul>ata. 
2 
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ij'la. 
^^^tadac- 
iyla. 
MAMMALIA. BRUTA. Myrmecophaga. 29 . 
6. MYRMECOPHAGA. Teeth o ; tongue 
round, extenfile: narrowed into 
a fnout : body covered with hair. 
Toes on the fore -feet 2, on the hind feet 4 ; /«//biif]iy, 
Leaji ant-eater. 
Inhiibits South Amcticcl : walks flowly on the heels ; feeds only 
in the night ; emits no cry. 
Body yellow or bright-reddiflr ; tongue fpiral ; fnout flrorter 
than in the reft ; ears fmall, hid in fur ; hair long, foft, filky ; 
tail tapering, naked at the end and underneath, prehenfilc ; 
fizi of a fquinel. 
Toes on the fore-feet 3, on the hind 4; tail bufhy. 
Inhabits /ndw..- travels (lowly ; climbs trees ; defends itfelf by 
its broad tail againft flies. 
Teats 2, peftoral, 6, abdominal; Jlripe on the Tides black; 
lack with a longitudinal mane ; tail compreffed, black under- 
neath, above tipt with white. 
Toes on the, fore-feet 4, on the hind-feet 5 ; tail bulhy. 
Great Ant-cat cr. 
Inhabits South America, Congo : covers itfelf with the tail while 
it fleeps, and againft rain. 
Stnjbc on the fides and breaft black ; tflzi very hairy, hairs long, 
flattened ; hind-legs blackifh, fore-legs whitilh, with a black 
fpot about the middle ; tongue thin, above 2 feet long, and 
when not protruded folded up in tha mouth ; hair mixed 
black and white : length about 4 feet, of the tail about 2. 
• Face fhorter; legs Ihorter. 
Colour mixed deep-brown and dirty-white ; hair about the ears 
long, on the lides longer, briftly : length nearly 4 feet, 
Toes on the fore-feet 4, hind-feet 5; /tziV naked. 
Inhabits South America : wanders only in the night, fleeps by- 
day; when angry feizes a flick, and fights fitting on it,s 
hind-legs. 
Tail bald at the extremity, by which it is able to fufpend Itfelf 
from the branches of trees ; Jtripe on the breaft and fide black. 
Toes on the fore-fecit 5 ; tall long, flat, entirely coveted 
with hair. Striped Ant-eater., 
//sad thick; upper jam andyiioiii very long ; eyes ears 
fmall, rounded, fringed above with black hairs ; hair tong ; 
hack, heady legs tatvny, belly dirty-white; tail covered with 
long 
