TATU. 



Mammae two pair, one pectoral, one inguinal. Seven to nine 

 movable rings in center or on sides of bony carapace. Fore toes 

 nearly symmetrical. Milk teeth two-rooted, changed only when the 

 animal has attained its full growth. 



FIG. 9. TATU NOVEMCINCTUM. 

 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Nat. size. 



24. novemcinctum (Dasypus) Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 51. i, 



1766, p. 51. 

 octo-cinctus (Linn.), Schrieb. Saugeth., n, 1775, p. 222, tab. LXXIII, 



LXXVI. 



peba Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 368. 



longicaudus Wied, Breit. Naturg. Bras., n, 1825, p. 531. 

 mexicanus fenestratus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1864, 



p. 180. 



