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Show NEW QUADRUPED DIBCOVgriBD Tongh Bklnnsd Aotiuol RoprosoalUic . Ant-Cot-r found In TotstoaU. From the London Mall: In thtae l alter days, when people are conitant- I ly hearing of tho threatened extinction i of varloua trlbea of anlmalt. the new I of the dltcovery of an entirely new species of quadruped Is startling. The i1 fact of tho existence of a hitherto un- ' known animal has been brought to W light by Dr. Florentlno Ameghlno, g who for some time past has had re- ft porta of a myaterlous creature of noo H' turnal hablta brought to him by sever- l al Indians, and a few years ago the t late Ilamon Llsta, while hunllng In th 1' Interior of Bantu Our .. ,i,Mi, - t, ! u.o appearance of a atrange animal, I which he deacrlbed to Dr. Ameghlno If aa a pangolin without acalea and cov IV' ered with reddish hair." Llsta shot at I the creature, but It wat apparently bul- f let-proof, for It dliappeared Into tho 1 : bruthwood, and although Inttant n j search waa made no trace of tho an!- I J mal waa to be found. A no further 1 evidence waa forthcoming. Dr. Ame- I ) ghlno waa Inclined to think that the E .' Jiaturalltt had been deceived; but b.1 I i haa Juat received a akin from South I j l atagonla which prove that Lltta waa 1 f correct In hla atatement On examl- Mi nation the ossicles which were em- W bedded In the skin "llko paving stones l n the ttreet." proved that tho animal iSI belonged to the pangollnt, or tcaled EI ant-caters, familiar to naturalists; II but Instead ot being acaly It Is covered H 1 Uh0"9. reddish gray hair, while . ? .""" whlch ' two centime- Ml )' ,talcIt. o remarkably tough I that It can only ba cut with a hatchet 09 This explains why the bullet had no fll effect upon It It la hoped that a llv III Ing specimen of this Interesting quad- mt rupad will be obtained before very fli '; 5Uch an "Won to tho too 1H would be a matter for congratulation. BB |