Great ant eater or ant bear. Myrmecophaga tridactyla. "Messrs Aublet and Olivier assured Buffon that the great ant eater feeds by means of its tongue only, which is covered with a viscous humour, to which the insects adhere: and these gentlemen add that it's flesh is not bad.". Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature" (1798~1802) published by Harrison, London.
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