288 DASYPIDJ3. PLATYPUS. 



MYRMECOPHAGA. 



Without teeth. 

 The Great Ant-eater. Myrmecophaga jubata. 



Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. pi. 9. fig. 1 (skeleton), figs. 2-23 (skull and parts of 

 skeleton).— Rapp, Edentaten, p. 14. pi. 4 (skeleton, female), 1852. 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 16 



Lumbar 2 



Sacral 6 



Caudal 31 



a. Skeleton. S. America. 



b. Skull. La Plata. From M. Bravard's Collection. 



TAMANDUA. 



Without teeth. 

 The Tamandua. Tamandua tetradactyla. 



Myrmecophaga tamandua, J5/r«'«r.,Osteog.G. Myrmecophaga, pi. (ske- 

 leton ).—Rapp, Edentaten, tab. 4. figs. 1, 2 (skull), 1852. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal IS 



Lumbar 3 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 35 



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



b. Skull. 



PLATYPUS. 



Homy teeth ||=8. 



The Mullingang. Platypus anatinus. 



Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, Spix, Cephalog. tab. 7, 14 (skull). — 



Owm, Odont. pi. 76. figs. 1-3 (dentition). — Home's Lect. Comp. 



Anat. ii. pis. 58, 59 (sknll). 

 L'Ornithorliynque, Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. p. 143. pi. 14. fig. 1 (skeleton), 



figs. 2-20 (skull and parts of skeleton). 

 Ornithorhynclius rufus, Schreb., Saugth. i.-iii. pi. G3. fig. 1 (skull), 



1826.— Watvrhouse, Nat. Hist, Mamm. i. p. 25. pi. 2 (head, feet, 



chest, bones, pelvis, &c). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 16 



Lumbar 2 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 20 



a. Skeleton. From Dr. Mantell's Collection. 



