CHAPTER XIV 



Order IX. Edentata 

 (Toothless Animals) 



THE Edentates differ in many points of their structure 

 and still more widely in habits, but in respect of 

 their teeth they are easily in agreement. Some of them are 

 absolutely toothless, and those that can boast of any teeth at 

 all never have any in the front of the jaws, and those at the 

 back are usually of more or less imperfect formation, 

 without enamel and destitute of roots. The order consists 

 of but two tribes, and the existing species are far from 

 numerous. The Tardigrada, 

 or slow-paced tribe, con- 

 tains only the Sloths ; the 

 Effodentia, or diggers, in- 

 cludes Anteaters, Armadillos, 

 and Pangolins. 



FAMILY BRADY- 

 PODID.E (SLOTHS). 



The legs of animals are 

 put to a variety of uses 

 running, jumping, swim- 

 ming, digging, or as hands 

 to seize prey and to convey 

 food to the mouth. The 

 Sloth possesses four legs, 

 but does not run, nor leap, 



FORE FOOT OF THE THREE-TOED 

 SLOTH. 



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