DASYPIDJE. ORYCTEROTOS. 287 



Sacral vertebra) 9 



Caudal 2G or 27 



a. Skeleton. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



b. Skeleton. S. America. 



c. Skeleton : adult. S. America. 



d. e. Skulls. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



/. Skull, without the lower jaw. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



PRIODONTES. 



The number of the teeth varies from 24 to 26 in each upper jaw, 

 and from 22 to 24 on each side of the lower jaw, amounting to from' 

 94 to 100 in total number. — Owen. 



The Tatou. Priodontes gigas. 



Rapp, Edcntateu, tab. 4 (skeleton), 1852.— Owen, Odont. pi. 85. fig. 1 



(teeth) ; Odontology, Article in Eiicycl. Brit. p. 441 (teeth). 

 Tatou ge"ant, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. pi. 11. figs. 1-3 (skulls), fig. 10 (feet). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 12 



Lumbar 3 



Sacral 10 



Caudal 24 



a, b. Skeletons. S. America. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



0RYCTER0PUS. 



Teeth :— Molars Q=26. 



6-6 



The Aard-Vark. Orycteropus capensis. 



Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. pi. 12. fig. 1 (skeleton), figs. 2-25 (skulls and 

 parts of skeletons). — Rapp, Edentaten, p. 13. tab. 4 (skull), 1852. — 

 Owen, Odont. p. 317. pi. 76. fig. 8 (upper and lower molars), 

 pi. 78. fig. 11 (sections of teeth); Odontology, Article in Encycl. 

 Brit., new edit., p. 440. fig. 49 (teeth). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 8 



Sacral 6 



Caudal 25 



a. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. From Mr. Stevens's sale. 



b. Skeleton. S. Africa. 



