. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . ^^^ HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 495. THE ANT-EATER. {^Myrmecophaga JubatOj Lin.—La Tamanohf BuiF.) There are feveral animals dlftingulflied by the com-mon name of Ant-eaters, which differ greatly in form.—They are divided into three claffes; viz. the Great,the Middle, and the Leffer Ant-eater. The Great Ant-eater is nearly four feet in length,exclufive of its tail, which is two and a half. It is re-markable for the great length of its fnout, which is of acylindrical form, and ferves as a flieath to its long andflender tongue, which
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . ^^^ HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 495. THE ANT-EATER. {^Myrmecophaga JubatOj Lin.—La Tamanohf BuiF.) There are feveral animals dlftingulflied by the com-mon name of Ant-eaters, which differ greatly in form.—They are divided into three claffes; viz. the Great,the Middle, and the Leffer Ant-eater. The Great Ant-eater is nearly four feet in length,exclufive of its tail, which is two and a half. It is re-markable for the great length of its fnout, which is of acylindrical form, and ferves as a flieath to its long andflender tongue, which always lies folded double in itsmouth, and is the chief inftrument by which it finds fub-fiftence. This creature is a native of Brazil and Guiana, runsflowly, frequently fwims over rivers, lives wholly onants, which it colledls by thrufting its tongue into theirholes, and having penetrated every part of the neft, with-draws it into its mouth loaded with prey. 496 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. Its legs are fo flrong, that few animals can extricatethemfelves from its gfipe. It is faid to be formida
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