ouatiri

Updated: May 29, 2025

The smallest species called the Ouatiri, or Two-toed Ant-eater differs altogether from the three above-mentioned. It more resembles a little monkey, and is covered all over with a thick coat of soft woolly hair of a yellowish colour. It is also a tree-climber, possesses a naked prehensile tail, and makes its nest in a hole in the trunk, or in one of the larger branches.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys