STRIFE T>j AND LITTLE. ANT EATER. ©- 
five ; its hair is hard and shining; of a pale yel- 
low brown ; dusky on the hind legs and the mid- 
dle of the back. A black line on each side* 
from the neck, crosses the shoulders, passes along, 
and both meet at the lower end of the back. The 
tail, covered with longer hair than the back, 
tapers, and is b£ld at the end. This animal mea- 
sures one foot seven, its tail ten inches. It in- 
habits the same country with the last, and resem- 
bles it in its manners. When it drinks, part 
spurts out of the nostrils. It climbs trees, and 
lays hold of the branches with its tail. 
Striped ant eater 
Has a taper nose; its upper mandible extends 
very far beyond the lower ; its eyes are exceedingly 
small ; ears round and short ; its tail is equally^ 
covered with long hairs ; it has five toes on each 
foot ; its body and tail are tawny ; the first mar- 
ked downwards with broad stripes of black ; the 
last annulated ; its legs and nose are striped in the 
same manner ; its belly is of a dirty white. 
Length thirteen inches ; tail seven and a half. 
It is a native of Guiana. 
Little ant eater 
Has a conic nose, bending a little down ; small 
ears, hid in its fur * two hooked claws on the fore 
feet, four on the hind. The whole animal is 
covered with long soft silky hair, or rather wool, of 
a yellowish brown colour. It is seven inchps and 
a half long ; its tail, which is thick at the base, 
and tapers to a point, measures eight and a half, 
and is naked on the underside for the last four : it 
inhabits Guiana, and climbs trees in quest of 
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