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THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



Great Ant-eater as it is usually called (Fig. 9) — does not 

 climb trees, though mostly found in forest-districts. These 

 three animals are all widely distributed in the woodlands 

 of tropical America, but never met with elsewhere. The 

 Armadilloes {Dasypodidze) are mostly inhabitants of more 

 open districts (see Fig. 10, p. 59). Besides the three living 



Fig. 9.— The Great Ant-eater. 



(Myrmecophaga jubata. ) 



[List of Vertebrates, 1896, p. 197.] 



families of Edentates, there are two (the Megatheriidss 

 and Glyptodontidse) now extinct, which are chiefly char- 

 acteristic of the Neotropical Region, though remains of 

 them have also been found in certain formations in North 

 America (6). 



