. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. EDENTATA THE SLOTH. 97 oryctrropus, termed the Cape ant-eater or ground-hog by the Dutch colonists, is a genus of this division, connecting the ant-eaters and armadillos; having the extensible tongue of the former, and subsisting on the same food, with the molar teeth and-burrowing habits of the latter. 128. (n.) The animals belonging to the family Tardi- grada [from the Latin, tardus, slow, and gradus, step] are at once known from the true Edentata by the peculiar shortness of the muzzle. The name of the famil
. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. EDENTATA THE SLOTH. 97 oryctrropus, termed the Cape ant-eater or ground-hog by the Dutch colonists, is a genus of this division, connecting the ant-eaters and armadillos; having the extensible tongue of the former, and subsisting on the same food, with the molar teeth and-burrowing habits of the latter. 128. (n.) The animals belonging to the family Tardi- grada [from the Latin, tardus, slow, and gradus, step] are at once known from the true Edentata by the peculiar shortness of the muzzle. The name of the family is derived from that commonly applied to the animals com- posing it. In the Sloths, according to Cuvier, "nature seems to have amused herself with producing something imperfect and ; And if we consider the pecu- liarities of their organization in reference to the ordinary habits of mammiferous animals, this appears to be true. Both the fore and hind legs, by their form and proportions, and the manner in which they are joined to the body, are quite incapacitated from acting in a perpendicular direc- tion, and of supporting the body from below; so that,. Two-toed Sloth. when the animal is placed on the floor, his belly touches the ground. Moreover, he has no soles to his feet, and his claws are very sharp, long, and curved backwards; so that he has no firm support, and can only move for- wards by laying hold of some fixed object, and dragging himself on by his hooked claws. But when placed on a 9. 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 Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861. New York : A. S. Barnes
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