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The fourth order of mammals, the Ungulates, is very- 

 poorly represented in the Neotropical Region, four only 

 out of the fourteen usually recognised families being found 

 within its limits. The Peccaries (Dicotylidae;) consist of 

 only two species, of which one (D. tajacu) ranges as far 



Fig. 10. — The Three-banded Armadillo. 

 (Tulypeutes tricinctus.) 



north as the Southern United States, and the other is 

 confined to the Neotropical Region. A second family, the 

 Camelidte, is shared by the Neotropical Region with the 

 Old World. The representatives of this family in the New 

 World are the Lamas, belonging to the genus Lama (see 



