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MAMMALIA. 
on the crupper ; ears short; tail merely rudimentary. Body 
about two feet long. Inhabits South America. 
Genus 30. — Cjelogenus. — F. Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Incisors no canines, grinders ; to¬ 
tal 20. Head obtuse, with cheek pouches; with five toes on 
all the feet; interior and exterior toes very short; nails strong, 
conical, and formed for digging; no tail, but in its stead, a 
naked tubercle; teats four, two pectoral and two inguinal. 
Coelogenus Sub-Niger .— The Brown Paca. 
Plate XX. fig. G. 
Fur dark yellowish-brown above, paler on the sides, belly 
dirty white ; sides spotted with white. Nearly two feet long. 
Inhabits South America. 
ORDER VII.—EDENTATA. 
No incisory teeth in either jaw ; some genera have canines, but 
others have grinders alone; various genera are toothless ; toes 
varying in number, and generally furnished with large nails; 
orbits of the skull and temporal fossae united. 
The food of this order is various. Some of the genera feed 
on vegetable substances; while others live on flesh and insects. 
Their habits are also various; but they are in general more or 
less inactive. 
Tribe I.— Tardigrada. 
The face is short •, having grinders and canine teeth, or grind¬ 
ers only*, feet furnished with long and bent nails. 
Genus 1. — Bradypus. — Linnaeus. 
Generic Character .—No incisory teeth, canines }-J, grinders 
; total 18. Canines larger than the grinders, pyramidical, 
