32 CABASSOUS. TATU. 



23. centralis (Tatoua), Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc., Wash., xin, 1899 



PP-4, 7- 



cinereus hispidus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvm, 1896, p. 345. 

 MILLER'S ARMADILLO. 



Type locality. Chamelicon, Honduras. 



Geogr. Distr. Honduras, Central America, range unknown. 



Genl. Char. Small; plates in central rings of carapace, 29-31; 

 occipital region of skull little elevated; zygomata, as seen from above, 

 nearly parallel with each other and main axis of skull; hamular 

 processes of pterygoids neither thickened nor bent inward at tips. 

 Crown shields about 38; less than a dozen small, scattered scales on 

 cheek. Scapular shield with 7 or 8 rows, the longest with 28 plates; 

 dorsal rings 10, the longest containing 29-31 plates, (ex Miller, 1. c.) 



Color. Above brownish black; lower edge of carapace yellowish; 

 under parts light yellow; legs and face apparently flesh color; tail 

 brownish black, tip yellowish; claws light yellow. (Skin.) 



Measurements. Total length, about 505 ; tail, 148. Skull: occipito- 

 nasal length, 80; zygomatic width, 43; mastoid width, 31; palatal 

 arch to middle of fourth molar, 16; median length of nasals, 23; 

 lateral length of nasals, 23; length of upper tooth row, 26; length of 

 mandible, 61 ; length of lower tooth row, 22. 



The Armadillos of the next genus are characterized by the nearly 

 symmetrical toes on the fore feet, the second and third being longest 

 and subequal, and the first and fourth also subequal and only 

 slightly shorter; fifth toe obsolete. One species only, the Nine- 

 banded Armadillo, penetrates the limits of the United States, and 

 has a most extensive distribution from Texas to Paraguay. Several 

 species belong to this genus, one of which, found on the Pampas of 

 South America, from the shape of its head and the length of its ears, 

 is known as the Mule Armadillo, or Mulita. (T. hybrida.) 



Sub f am. II. Tatuinse. 

 12. Tat u. 



Tatu Frisch, Nat. Syst. vierfiiss. Thiere, in Tabellen, 5 Tab. Gen. 

 1775. Id. Blumenb., Handl. Naturg., 1799, p. 73. Type Dasy- 

 pus noremcinctiis Linnaeus. 

 Tatusia Less., Man. de Mamm., 1827, p. 309. 

 Cachicamns McMurtrie, G. Cuv., Anim. Kingd., i, 1831, p. 163. 



