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roll into a ball) have short legs, furnished with stout claws ; 
they are devoid of any external ear, and present no trace of 
teeth. Their method of feeding is exactly the same as that of 
the Ant-eaters ; but their head, although elongated in shape, is 
not quite so long or eccentric in appearance, and their tongue 
is less slender. They dwell in forests, where they dig burrows, 
or lodge in the hollow of trees. When they are attacked, they 
roll themselves into a ball, like the Armadillo ; at the same 
time their scales are erected, forming an impregnable buckler. 
This family possesses several species. 
The Pangolins are of medium size ; they never exceed a yard 
in total length. They are natives of the Old World exclusively ; 
India and the Malay Isles, the south of China, and a great part 
of Africa, are the regions which have been allotted to them by 
nature. 
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