THE 
FIVE-TOED MAN IS. 
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Generic Character. 
No Teeth. 
Tongue cylindric and extenfile. 
Mouth narrowed into a fnout. 
Body covered with fcales. 
Specific Character. 
MANIS with pentadaftylous (or five-toed) feet. 
Lin. 
SHORT-TAILED MANIS. 
Tennant. Hijl. Quadr. p. 505. 
If external form alone were regarded in this animal, 
it might be looked upon as a fpecies of Lizard, fo (ink¬ 
ing is the general refemblance which it bears to tnat 
tribe. In reality, however, it has no other affinity 
with thofe creatures ; it is a genuine viviparous qua¬ 
druped, and only differs from the generality of otnei 
quadrupeds in being covered, not with haiis, but with 
large and ftrong fcales, which are lo admirably con¬ 
trived by Nature, as to enable it to contract itfelf on 
the approach of danger, into an oblong ball, in fuch 
a manner 
