. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 374 MAWIDID^. longer. lUiger says M. gigantea from Guinea is like M. hrachyura, but 4 feet long. The Museum specimen from Cape-Coast Castle is upwards of 5 feet long. Fig. Skull of PhoUdotus gigantem. Du ChaiUu sent to the British Museum two specimens of Manis longicauda and one of PhoUdotus giganteus, all under the name of the " Ant-eater," evidently regarding them as one species. Which is the species called jfpi, or is it common to both ? What is Manis leptura (Blyth, Joum. Asiat.
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous, and edentate Mammalia in the British museum. Mammals. 374 MAWIDID^. longer. lUiger says M. gigantea from Guinea is like M. hrachyura, but 4 feet long. The Museum specimen from Cape-Coast Castle is upwards of 5 feet long. Fig. Skull of PhoUdotus gigantem. Du ChaiUu sent to the British Museum two specimens of Manis longicauda and one of PhoUdotus giganteus, all under the name of the " Ant-eater," evidently regarding them as one species. Which is the species called jfpi, or is it common to both ? What is Manis leptura (Blyth, Joum. Asiat. Soc. of Bengal, Arch. f. Naturg. 1849 ; Eapp, Edent. p. 18) ? 3. SMUTSIA. Upper part of the fore and hind feet covered with scales. Scales broad, short, and pale-coloured. TaU very broad, rounded at the end;- central series of scales interrupted before reaching the end of the tail. Smutsia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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