34 TATU. 



leptorhyncha Gray, Handl. Edent., 1873, p. 14, pi. 2, figs. 3, 4. 



novemcincttts (Cabassous), Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 4. 

 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO. Armado, Encubierto in Mexico and Cen- 

 tral America. 



Type locality. "America meridionali." Brazil( ?) 



Geogr. Distr. Texas, through Mexico and Central America to 

 Paraguay. 



Genl. Char. Shield with eight movable rings in the middle, and 

 nine on the sides; tail as long as body without head, covered by 

 twelve rings and not enveloped in a cone; molars, 32. 



FIG. XIII. TATU NOVEMCINCTUM. NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 



Color. Bare skin on face flesh color with a few scattered yel- 

 lowish hairs; head shield pale brown, that on the back black; 

 scales on sides yellowish white; ears brown, toes yellowish with 

 white claws; tail brownish black, the anterior half of scales 

 yellowish white. 



Measurements. Total length, 237; tail vertebrae, 90; hind foot, 

 31; ear, 22. Skull: total length, 70; zygomatic width, 32; across 

 postorbital processes, 22; length of nasals, 17; length of upper tooth 

 row, 16; length of mandible, 56; length of lower tooth row, 18. 



