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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
differences which distinguish the orycteropi from the ant-eaters of the American Continent.
The specimens in our museums and the engravings hitherto published in works of natural history give a very imperfect idea of the orycteropus. In the stuffed specimens—the only models the designer
had at his command—the skin was greatly distended, and the body was disproportionately long. As will be seen from the accompanying figure, drawn from life, the orycteropus is, on the contrary, of heavy build,
