. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. GREAT ANT-EATER OR ANT-BEAR. One of the strangest appearing-of mammals is the Ant-Bear, of which a characteristic picture is here given, depicting the long slender head, the coarse long fur which increases in length toward the flanks and tail, and the heavy, short limbs. It lives on Ants and their larva; and is a harmless and helpless animal, its long clumsy toes not permitting it to escape from its enemies. (Myrmecophagajuiata.) (385). Please note that thes
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. GREAT ANT-EATER OR ANT-BEAR. One of the strangest appearing-of mammals is the Ant-Bear, of which a characteristic picture is here given, depicting the long slender head, the coarse long fur which increases in length toward the flanks and tail, and the heavy, short limbs. It lives on Ants and their larva; and is a harmless and helpless animal, its long clumsy toes not permitting it to escape from its enemies. (Myrmecophagajuiata.) (385). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; PechuLoesche, Eduard, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis
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