501 MAMMALIA. 



Section I. — Four toes on the fore feet ; two or four teats. 



Dasypus Apar. — The Three-Banded Armadillo. — Plate 

 XVI*. fig. 11. — With three moveable transverse bands on the 

 body ; tail short and flat ; with five toes on fore and hind feet ; 

 grinders |^ ; two pectoral teats. Inhabits Brazil and Paraguay. 



This is the type of F. Cuvier's genus Taticises. 



Section II.. — With five toes on the fore feet, and two pectoral 

 teats. 



Dasypus sexcinctus. — The Six-Banded Armadillo. — Plate 



XVI. fig. 9. — Incisory teeth |, grinders |-^. Having six or 

 seven moveable transverse bands ; belly covered with long hairs ; 

 tail round, half the length of the body ; feet with five toes. In- 

 habits Paraguay. — See the Tatou, vol. II. p. 367. 



This is the type of F. Cuvier's genus Tatous. 



Genus 4. — Orycteropus. — Geoffroy. 



Generic Character. — Without incisive or canine teeth ; grin- 

 ders ^-^, separate, formed of a bony substance, traversed longi- 

 tudinally, by a number of parallel tubes ; head elongated ; fore 

 feet with four toes ; hind feet with five toes, and plantigrade ; 

 nails strong, shaped like hoofs. The tarsi and metatarsi very 

 like those of the Pachydermata. 



Orycteropus Ctipensis. — The Cape Ant-Eater. — Plate 

 XVII*. fig. 1. — Fur pale gray, approaching to lead colour, and 

 inclining to red on the flanks ; feet deep brown. Three feet 

 five inches long. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 



Genus 5. — Myrmecophaga. — Linnceus. 



Generic Character.' — Perfectly toothless; head elongated; 

 muzzle tapering to a point ; tongue protractile ; toes united to 

 the root of the nails, four before and five behind, or two before 

 and four behind ; furnished with strong nails formed for dig- 

 ging : two pectoral teats and two ventral ; tail sometimes pre- 

 hensile. 



Myrmecophaga jubata.— The Great Ant-Eater. — Plate 



XVII. fig. 1 — Described, vol. II. p. 532, &c. 



Genus 6. — Manis. — Linnaeus. 

 Destitute of teeth; body elongated, covered with strong 



