In its mode of life this animal beyond a doubt re- 
fembles the Myrmecophaga?, having been found in the 
midft of an ant-hill; for which reafon it was named by 
its firft difeoverers the ant-eating porcupine. It is a 
native of New Holland. 
It cannot efcape the obfervation of every fcientific 
naturalift, that in confequence of the difeovery of this 
curious animal, the Linntean charafter of the genus 
Myrmecophaga is in part rendered inapplicable. Since 
therefore the animals in the genera of Myrmecophaga 
and Manis differ only in the external coating of the 
body, the former being covered with hair and the latter 
• with feales, it would perhaps be not improper to con¬ 
join the two genera, to add this as a new fpecies, and 
to give as part of the generic character Corpus pilis, 
fquamis, vel aculeis tetlum. But if this be not done, it 
would perhaps be proper to make this animal conftitute 
a new genus, which would differ from the genera of 
Manis and Myrmecophaga in having the body coated 
with aculei, inftead of hair as in the Myrmecophaga, 
or of feales as in the Manis. 
