ANT“BAT£ft TRIBE. 
have either pointed clawsy or similarly formed 
heads* shoulder-blades* clavicles* pelvis* or limbs/* 
ANT EATER TRIBE, 
The ant-eaters* living entirely on insects, have 
no teeth. Their tongue* which is long* wormlike* 
and covered with a kind of glutinous moisture* is 
the only instrument by which they seize their food. 
Instead of teeth they have* however* certain bones* 
not unlike teeth* that are situated deep in the 
mouth* pear the entrance of the gullet. The months 
of the whole tribe are lengthened into a somewhat 
tubular form. 
Great ant-eater. 
This is by far the largest of the ant-eaters* being 
upwards of seven feet in length* from the tip of 
the nose* to the end of the tail ; to the root of the 
tail it is not more than about five feet and a half. 
It is an animal of an uncouth appearance ; the 
head is small ; the ears short and round ; the 
shoulders thick and muscular* from whence the 
body tapers towards the tail ; but the thighs are 
thick and short ; the colour of the animal is a 
deep grey* with a very broad band of black 
ruiming from the neck downwards* on each side 
the body* growing gradually narrower as it passes 
down; this black band is accompanied on the 
upper part* by a streak of white ; the fpre 
legs are of a lighter cast than the hinder ; and 
