32S 
MAN! S. 
XXXVIII. 
M A N I S. 
258. L O NO¬ 
TAIL E D. 
Div. II. Sedt V. Digitated Quadrupeds, without 
teeth. 
Back, ficles, and upper part of the tail, covered with 
large thong fcales. 
Small mouth. long tongue: no teeth. 
Ldcertus peregrinus fquamofus, Pholidotus pedibus anticis et 
Clus. exot. 374. Rail fyn. quad. polHcistetradaftylis/quamisinu- 
274. _ dronatis, cauda longiilima, Btif* 
Scaly Lizard, Gre<w s rarities, 46. quad. 19. 
Manis tetrada&yla. M. pedibus Le Phatagin de Eujfqn, X< 180, 
tetradaftylis, Lin.fyft. 53. tab. xxxiv. Afn. Muf. 
M. with a (lender nofe ; that and the head fmooth : 
body, legs and tail, guarded by large (harp-pointed 
flriated fcales: the throat and belly covered with 
hair : fhort legs: four claws on each foot, one of 
which is very fmall: tail a little taper, but ends 
blunt: length, from nofe to tail, fourteen inches and 
a half: tail three feet four inches and a half. 
Inhabits Guinea ? Thefe animals approach fo near¬ 
ly the genus of Lizards, as to be the links in the 
chain of beings which conned the proper quadru¬ 
peds with the reptile dais. 
I.?certu$ 
