.1. TATCSIA. ;577 



A. Digitigi-ade. The toes of the fi-ont and hind feet separate : flaws conical, 

 similar ; paltns and soles covered with sfiiclds, ivithout anij marhed heel. 

 Head elonyate, ovate ; forehead rounded ; nose slender ; ears close to- 

 gether, on the top of the head. Body suhcylindriccd. Chcerochla- 

 mydes. 



These animals walk on their toes, and are very porcine in their 

 character, as Avell as in the general form of the feet ; the hinder part 

 of the wrist and feet is covered with plates like the rest of the legs. 



1. TATUSIA. 



Central rings 5 to 8. Toes 4 . 5, subequal, the two front and 

 three hinder middle largest ; inner and outer small ; claws conical. 

 Tail conical, elongate, annulated ; lower rings of two or three series 

 of plates. Cutting-teeth none ; grinders 8 . 8, moderate. The penis 

 short, ending in a three-lobed ^lunA {Cuvier, v. p. 118). 



Ostcolorpj, — See Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. 1. 10 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, 

 p. 212. 



Tatus, Gesnei\ 



Tatusia, sp., F. Cuvier ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 371. 

 Dasj'pus, War/ler. 



Dasypus 2 (Tatusia), Rapji, Edeyit. p. 8. 



Praopus, Burmei.'tter, Si/st. Ueher. d. Thiere Brasil. i. p. i?Co, ly.54; 

 Arch.f Nutury. 1802, p. 98. 



* Face suddenly contracted ; the nose subcylindrical ; hinder part of palate 

 rather narrow, flat, rounded on the sides. Tatusia. 



1. Tatusia peba. 



Ears one-third of the length of the head ; shields smooth ; under- 

 side with scattered bristles ; tail as long as the body. 



i-^tu.sia s(?j)temfincta, Gray, Cat. Jl/Jmjjm?. B. M. p. 189; Gerrard, 

 ^ Cat. Bo7i\^3f. p. 286 ; Turner, P. Z>S^18ol, p. 212. 

 U t Dasypus septeiotcinctus, Linn. Am. Acad. i. pT"S81. 

 Dasypus octocinctus, Schreh. Sciugeth. t. 73. 

 Dasypus novemc-inctus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 54. 

 Dasypus nifrcr, Illit/er. 

 Da-sVpus Idiip-icauil'iis, P. M. Ahbild. t. 83? 

 Tatusia affinis, Liitid. 

 Dasypus peba, i't'swi. Mamm. p. 368 ; Ouen. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 141; 



Krams, Arch.fiir Katury. 1862, p. 20, t. 3. f. (skull). 

 Praopus 7-cinctu8, Burniei.ster, La Plata, p. 428. 

 Tatusia peba, Ouen, Odont. t. f<2. f. 2 ; Gray, P. Z. S. I860, p. 372. 

 Dasypus tatusia peba, Lesson ; Papp, Edcnt. p. 8. 

 Praopus longicaudatus, Burm. Thier. Bras. p. 298, 1854 ; Ahhandl. 



Nat. Ges. zu Halle, 1861, p. 147. 

 Tatou noir, Azara ; Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. t. 10 (skeleton ). 

 Cachicame, Buffon, H^ X. x. p. 215, t. 57; Cm: Oss. Foss. v. p. 124, 



t. 10 (shield). 

 ? Tatouele, Buffon, H. K. x. p. 212. 



Hab. Central and South America : Texas (Baird) ; Guiana 

 (Kraiiss) ; BrazU (Pr. Ma.v.) ; Paraguay (Azara). 



