. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 114 POPULAR OFFICIAL SIX-BANDED AI=tMADILLO. The Tamandua, {Tamandua tctradactyla), is a smaller ant-eater than the preceding species, of tree-climbing habits, with a proportionately shorter head, no long hair on its tail, and extremely large front claws. It is found in Ven- ezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and in fact that greater portion of the region of tropical forests on this continent south of Mexico. Its tail is prehensile, or grasping, and in climbing is used almost -constantly. The Sloths are tlie
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 114 POPULAR OFFICIAL SIX-BANDED AI=tMADILLO. The Tamandua, {Tamandua tctradactyla), is a smaller ant-eater than the preceding species, of tree-climbing habits, with a proportionately shorter head, no long hair on its tail, and extremely large front claws. It is found in Ven- ezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and in fact that greater portion of the region of tropical forests on this continent south of Mexico. Its tail is prehensile, or grasping, and in climbing is used almost -constantly. The Sloths are tlie slowest, the most helpless and defense- less of the edentates. They subsist chiefly upon leaves, they climb no more swiftly than a man, and they escape their enemies through the resemblance of their pelage to the rough bark of tlie tree-trunks among which they live. They have a few teeth, but none for defense, and their claws are of use only in climbing, exeei^t that they can pinch with them. Two species of Sloth are occasionally seen in the Zoolog- ical Park, but usually in the Primate House, where the high temperature is better suited to their needs. The Three-Toed Sloth, (Bradypus tridactylus), is the one with a brown "saddle-mark" of short hair in the middle of its back. The remainder of its pelage is coarse and long, and its greenish tint renders it a close imitation of algae- covered tree-bark. The Two-Toed Sloth, (Cholocpus hoff- mani), is much larger than the preceding, and lives longer in captivity. Four fine adult specimens occupy a large cage. 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 New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York New York Zoological Society
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