Ant Eater

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

English name of the animals belonging to the genus myrmecophaga of Linnæus. They have al lengthened muzzle terminated by a small, toothless mouth, from which they protrude a long, threadlike tongue, covered with viscous saliva. This they thrust into the nets of termites, or those of ants proper, sucking the animals which adhere to it into their mouths. Their claws are strong, and are used for tearing to pieces the structures erected by the termites. Among the species may be enumerated the M. jabata, the great or maned ant eater, which has four toes before and five behind, and the M. didactyla, the C Araguay 9 D 20 E. A 50 B F Rio de Janeiro St. George G. ATLANTIC Taμaίoς R. Goyaz Xingu R. STA.CATHARINE 1. Diamantino Porto Alegre R. S.Pa Rio Grande Plata Paraguay R Fel Uruguay B. من Villa Bella hio de la Montevideo Corrientes Concepcion 2 BOUVET SAWODOWSKJI 1. Arica La Paz Sucre ☑ & Atacama Atacama CORONATIONSGEORGIA GROUP MONTAGUE ١٠ Riojao Corrientes Pedro de Salta Sta. ia Bahia Blanca Necoche >o-Parana SANDWICH Buenos Aires- L. Titicaca Rosario 70 Tucuman A Pt Stanley IS Sta. Cruz FALKLAND Chico RNANDEZ Valparaise Santiago o Cordoba T LAURIE ANTARCTIC AND SORKNEY IS Iquique Mollendo Antofagasta R 70 PIERRA DEL FUEGO Magellan 3 Rio JOINVILLE 1, Caldera S St ST. FELIX ST. AMBROSIO COATS WEDDELL QUADRANT Constitucion LAND SHETLAND IS ClHorn WEST ANTARCTICA ROSS CHONOSC IS. ALEXANDER I LAND Concepcion Valdivia BOTIHOI reuas BISCOE IS ARCHIPELAGO Drak 80 0 C 20 20 Long Punta MAS A FUFRA ong. West.from Greenwich OF 4 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN ن JUAN SOUTH POLE AUNDRCT P AN SU 8 30 AMUNDSEN SCOTT 40 50 02 PETERL ISLAND 20 09- 08 DEC. 14, JAN. 18. 100 1911 1912 A 120407- ROSS QUADR KING EDWARD V 5 140 SALZ-Y-GOMEZO Golt CI 180 EREBUS LAND CRA 100 Loss EASTER 1. DOUSHERTY Sea POSSESSION FI C 6 E CONTARCTIC CIRCINE ANTARCTIC A REGIONS 110 C SHOWING THE ROUTES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPLORATIONS 7 Scale of Miles CAMPBELL 0 CANTIPODES 250 500 1000 1500 50 CE BOUNTY ........ Route of "Belgica" A Cook's Route 1898 1772-1775 W SOUTH D' Urville's Route CHATHAM IS 1838-1840 +++++ Borchgrevink's Route 1999-1900 Drygalski's Route Wilke's Route 1901-1903 MARIA THERESA REEF 1839-1840 Wellington Ross' Route Scott's Route 1901-1904 1839-1943 40 Route of "Challenger" 1872-1876 Bruce's Route 1902-1904 1010101 NORTHNE Amundsen's Route 1911-1912- Scott's Route 1911-1912 Shirase's Route 1911-1912 Thames East C 150 Long. DEast 100 from E 170 Green. F A B C 180 G 140 Copyright. L. L. Poates Eng. Co., 1921 Lourenco Marquez Σ K G 10 H L Delagoa Bay Bietermaritzburg Mozambique C. of Gold-Hope Aliwal South Port Grosvenor St. Johns pe Town Chan. P Kurt Port Elizabeth PROVIDENCE 1. C. Amber Grahamstown East London FARQUHAR 1. ST MARY 1. Tamatave LananATIVO C.St.Mary TROMELIN 1. Ambahy N REUNION 1. MAURITIUS I. CARGADOS 2 PRINCE EDWARDS. 90DRIGUEZI, CROZET IS, 70 R CIRCLE TC. INDIAN KEAGUELENI 3 C. Anne MCDONALD ENDEREY QUADRANT ENDERBY D 80 KEMP LAND C NEW AMSTERDAM ST. PAUL . East from Green TROPIC 10 4 C OF CAPRIC 80ICA 609 KAISER WILHELM 50 40 30 MICTORIA QUAD. 70 20 CLANS Tosy tow's D 120 5 KNOX LAND 10 . Sabine MAGNETIC POLE BALLENY LAN SOUTH OCEAN VICTORIA LAND urne Mt. Melbou X S NORTH LAND 100 CKARIE LAND I C. Uar Aldens DIRK HARTOG 1. dai.Cape P C. Leeuwin Em 6 Eld Pk. Geraldton Carnarvon N.W.Cape Omro Coulgardie Perth DAMPIER ARCH. Augusta Gt. Australia Arid Bunbury Albany 110 Esperance Cen EMERALD 1. Balladonia Moon L. MACQUARIE GREAT VICTORIA DESERT RAL ol PL. Lincoln Broome 7 AUCKLAND S Eight TASMANIAS llobart GROUP Launceston SUMBA itland FURNEAUX IS. V Londonderry Amadeus STR Dunedin West C. dwie Eden Melbourne STEWART Tamor Sea FLOREST Soutk C Eyre L. Port Auguste Adelaide as Str. 20 Palmerston Purt Darr 이 Jackson Timaru CookNEW Nef c. Darling Banda Sca Sydney Westport 00 TIMOR Ulladi BOURU OZEALAND Plymunth ... New New Auckland GNorth C. Long. 160 West J from 150 Green. K L M 130 140