TATU. 33 
Mammez two pair, one pectoral, one inguinal. Seven to nine 
movable rings in center or on sides of bony carapace. Fore toes 
nearly symmetrical. Milk teeth two-rooted, changed only when the 
animal has attained its full growth. 
Fic. 9. TATU NOVEMCINCTUM. 
Field Columbian Mus, Coll. Nat. size. 
24. novemcinctum (Dasypus) Linn., Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 51. 1, 
£700; p.. 51. 
octo-cinctus (Linn.), Schrieb. Siugeth., 11,1775, p. 222, tab. LxxIII, 
ase V1. 
peba Desm., Mamm., 1820, p. 368. 
longicaudus Wied, Breit. Naturg. Bras., 11, 1825, p. 531. 
mexicanus fenestratus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1864, 
p. 180. 
