EDENTATE BEASTS. It 



1493 a. Animal, stuffed ; adult. Head and body, 12 in. Tail, 16 in. 



Dasypus Kappleri, Krauss, Arch. Naturg. 1862, p. 24, t. 3. 

 1493 a. Skull, 5 in., of " a." 



Surinam. Ki-auss. 



1493 h. Animal, stuffed. 

 Surinam. Kjrauss. 73, 4. 



Skull. Nose tapering from the front of the zygomatic arch. Nasal 

 bones elongate, rather narrower behiud, half as long as the distance 

 from the top to the front of the zygomatic arch. Intermaxillary bones 

 broad in front, gradually narrowed behind ; longer than half the dis- 

 tance from the tip to the front of the zygomatic arch. Lachrymal 

 bone subtriangular, upper side elongate, produced forwards, lower side 

 gradually contracting for haK its length, and then suddenly becoming 

 broader, with a rounded front edge, nearly as broad as the hinder end. 

 Palate broad, rather concave, with a sharp raised edge on each side 

 from just behind the hinder grinders. 



Family 2. DASYPODID^. 



Dasypodidse B, Gray, Cat. Carniv. &c. p. 376 & 379. 



Dorsal disk attached by the skin to the sides of the back of the 

 animal, and divided in the middle by separate rings into a 

 moderate scapular and pelvic shield. Head moderate, more 

 or less broad. Ears far apart, lateral. Toes of front feet 

 united to the claws, compressed. Claws compressed, sharp- 

 edged below, bent inwards. Toes of hind feet separate. SkuU 

 conical ; intermaxillary bone quadrangular on the sides, trun- 

 cated beliind. Pelvic shields free from the pelvis. The first 

 and second finger slender, weak ; the third and fom-th shorter, 

 thicker ; the fifth similar to the second, but shorter or rudi- 

 mentary. Walks with the fore feet flat on the ground. 



Tribe 1. DASYPODINA. 



Dorsal sliields with six or eight fi-ee rings in the middle, and with 

 two or three bands consisting of a few shields between the 

 head and front of the frontal shield. Shields of tail placed in 

 rings, and well developed. Skull depressed, spread out, very 

 broad behind, conical in front. The digital bones of the first, 

 second, and tlurd fingers moderately elongate ; those of the 

 third the thickest but somewhat shorter than the bones of the 

 fourth and fifth fingers. Middle hind claw very large. — 

 Flower, Manual Osteol. p. 276, f. 101. 



^ Intermaxillaries with a tooth on each side behind. 



1. DASYPUS. 



Intermaxillaries with a tooth on each side behind. Frontal shield 

 of many tesserce. The dorsal shields with two short bristles at the 

 hinder edge of each tessera ; a cross row of large tesserce behind. Under 

 side of body with scattered bristles. 



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