Giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, endangered giant pangolin, Smutsia gigantea, and long-tailed pangolin, Phataginus tetradactyla. Le fourmilier, le pangolin, le phatagin. Copperplate engraving by after Francois-Nicolas Martinet from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, Histoire Naturelle (Encyclopedia: Natural History), Livourne, 1774. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) was a French draftsman and engraver.

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