. Mammiferi di altre terre;. Mammiferi. Bradipi, ANT-mangiatori e armadilli 303. Foto di j4. S. Rud e (5^ figli TAMANDUA ANT-eater questa specie, ivhich è un animale più piccolo rispetto al grande Ant-eater li'vcs quasi interamente in alberi, anziché sul terreno •quinto arto. Arricciato round la fronda di un albero, il suo proprietario è libero di oscillare se stesso su di un altro ramo. Il più piccolo dei tree-dimora specie non è più grande di un ratto ed è un nativo di parti più calde delle foreste del Sud e America centrale. La museruola in questa specie è molto breve e non a lungo e tubolare, come nelle grandi spe

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. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. SLOTHS, ANT-EATERS, AND ARMADILLOS 303. Photo by j4. S. Rud'and (5^ Sons TAMANDUA ANT-EATER This species, ivhich is a smaller animal than the Great Ant-eater, li'vcs almost entirely in the trees, instead of on the ground •fifth limb. Curled round the bough of a tree, its owner is free to swing himself out on to another branch. The smallest of the tree-dwelling species is not larger than a rat, and is a native of the hottest parts of the forests of South and Central America. The muzzle in this species is quite short, not long and tubular, as in the larger species. It is a very rare animal, or is at least very seldom seen, a fact perhaps due to its small size. It is known as the Two-TOED Ant- EATER, only the second and third fingers of the fore feet bearing claws. Von Sack, in his " Narrative of a Voyage to Surinam, " tells us that the natives of Surinam call this little animal " Kissing-hand" —" as the inhabitants pretend that it will never eat, at least when caught, but that it only licks its paws, in the same manner as the bear; that all trials to make it eat have proved in vain, and that it soon dies in confinement. When I got the first, I sent to the forest for a nest of ants; and during the interin I put into its cage some eggs, honey, milk, and meat; but it refused to touch any of them At last the ants' nest arrived, but the animal did not pay the slightest attention to it either. By the shape of its fore paws, which resemble nippers, I thought that this little creature might perhaps live on the nymphse of wasps, etc. I therefore brought it a wasps' nest, and then it pulled out with its nippers the nymphae from the nest, and began to eat them with the greatest eagerness, sitting in the posture of a squirrel. I showed this phenomenon to many of the inhabitants, who all assured me that it was the first time they had ever known that species of animal take any nourishment.'' The Armadillos Readers of

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