THE PICHICIAGO. 



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thick, and capable of resisting great pressure. The hip- 

 bones are of singular construction, and admirably formed 

 for protecting the internal organs from injury. Such is 

 an outline of the structure and habits of the chlamy- 

 phorus, an animal which, though bearing in some points 

 a resemblance to the armadillos, yet possesses characters 

 so exclusively its own as to render it one of the most 

 interesting discoveries in zoology. Of this rare animal 

 two specimens alone exist, one in the Museum of Phila- 

 delphia, the other, with its skeleton, in the Museum of 

 the Zoological Society, London. 



For an account of the structure of this animal, see Mr. 

 Yarrell's paper in the ' Zoological Journal.' Fig. 127 



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