HAND - LIST 



OF 



EDENTATE BEASTS 



(BEUTA, Linnmis). 



Order BEUTA. 

 Gray, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 361. 



Sub-Order 1. TAKDIGKADA, Gratj, Cat Carniv. dc. p. 362. 



Face short ; body covered with dry harsh hair. Limbs elongate. 

 Herbivorous. 



Family 1. BEADYPODIDiE, GroAf, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 362; P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 428. 



Tribe 1. CHOLCEPINA, Ch-aij, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 431. 



Hands two-clawed. The second and thii'd fingers elongate, with 

 well-developed bones ; the first and foiu'th lateral fingers 

 reduced to a single bone. — Floiver, Manual Osteol. p. 274, 

 f. 100. Feet three-clawed. Front grinders large, like the 

 canines. Skull large. Brain cavity large; lower jaw pro- 

 duced in front. Neck short. Eibs 21 — 21, narrow, 8 lower on 

 each side, floating. Lumbar vertebras 5. Caudal vertebrae, 

 &c., small, rudimentary. 



1. CHOLCEPUS, Gray, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 363 ; P. Z. S. 1871, p. 431. 



Unau, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. vi. and t. \Ti. f. 1 (skuU and feet) ; 

 t. iv. & t. V. (hmbs). Blaiiiv. Osteogr. t. i — iii (skeleton and 

 skull). Iia])p, Edentata, t. iii. f. 2. 



1. Cholcepus didactylus, Gray, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 363 ; P. Z. S* 

 1871, p. 431. 



i. Animal, stuffed ; half-gi-own. 

 S. America. 44, 2, 7, 10. 



/. Animal, stuffed. Pale brown. 



736 6. Skull of *'/." Young; nasal separate, developed. Like Bapp, 

 Edentata, t. ii. f. 243. 46, 4, 25, 4. 

 S. America, Brazil. 44, 5, 14, 33. 



c. Animal, stuffed; adult. Head dark brown. In store* 

 W. Indies. 



