Secretary's Report. 1951. Appendix 7 



Plate 3 



1. Three-banded armadillo (.Tolypeutes tricinctus) 



Almost completely closed for protection against enemie.^. The large, some\Aiiat 

 triangular shield at the right is the top of the head, and the slightly smaller 

 triangular member studded with tubercules is the tail. (Photograph by 

 Ernest P. Walker.) 



2 T HREt-BANDED ARMADILLO UNROLLED. READY FOR WALKING 



Most of the time it touches onlv the tips of the very strong claws of its front feet 

 to the ground. (Photograph by Ernest P. Walker.) 



