VII PELUDO ARMADILLO 177. 
hog. The genus has only three movable bands. The tail is short, 
and is covered with large tubercles. This genus is very markedly 
digitigrade when running. 
Fig. 103.—Three-banded Armadillo or Apar. Tolypeutes tricinctus. x 4. 
The VPeludo, Dasypus sexcinctus, is, like other Armadillos, an 
x4. (After Vogt and Specht.) 
Fic. 104.—Peludo Armadillo. Dasypus sexcinctus. 
omnivorous creature, and appears to be particularly fond of carrion. 
It will burrow up to a decaying carcase like the ground-beetles. 
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