are thickly coated with ftrong, (harp fpines, of a con- 
fiderable length, and perfectly refembling thofe of the. 
common porcupine, except that inftead of being an- 
nulated with feveral alternate rings of black and white, 
as in that animal, they are moftly white, with black 
tips, the colour running down to fome little diftance on 
the quill, and being feparated from the white part by a 
circle of dull orange: others are entirely white, or at 
lead have but a flight appearance of black towards the 
tips. The head, legs, and whole under parts of the 
body are of a deep brown or fable, thickly coated with 
ftrong, clofe-fet, briftly hair. The tail is fhort, bare, 
flightly flattened at the tip, and coated on the upper 
part of the bafe, with fpines at lead equal in length to 
thofe of the back, and feated perpendicularly upwards. 
The fnout is long and tubular, and perfectly refembles 
in ftructure that of the Myrmecophaga jubata, or great 
ant-eater ; having only a very fmall opening or rictus 
at the tip, from whence is protruded a long lumbrici- 
form tongue, as in the ant-eaters. The noftrils are 
fmall, and feated near the extremity of the fnout. The 
eyes are very fmall, and black, with a pale-blue iris. 
The legs are very fhort and thick, and are each fut- 
nifhed with five rounded broad toes : on the fore feet 
are five .very ftrong, long, and blunt claws, of a black 
colour] feated on each toe. On the hind-feet are only 
four claws, the thumb, which is broader than the reft 
of the toes, being deftitute of a claw. Tne firft claw 
on the hind-feet is extremely long, iomewhat curved, 
and (harp-pointed; the next rather fhorrer, Dut or fimi- 
lar appearance ; the two remaining ones far fhorter, 
very flightly curved, and not (harp-pointed. 
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