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Family AspalacidoB. 



Genus BATHYERGUS, Desm. 



784. The Coast Rat or Sand Mole (Bathyergm maritimus, Desm. ; Mus 



maritimus, Gmel.). 

 Fig. Desm. Mam. p. 324. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 87. Cat. of Mammalia in 



Brit. Mus. p. 149. 

 Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



785. The Coast Rat or Sand Mole (Bathyergus maritimus, Desm.). 



(Young.) 

 Hob. Cape of Good Hope. 



OrderlV. BRUTA. 



The chief peculiarities of these animals consist in their having no incisor teeth 

 in either jaw, and in their being provided with great hoof-like claws which 

 encompass the ends of their toes. 



Genus DASYPUS, Linn. 



786. The Peba or Nine-banded Armadillo (embryo), (Dasypus novem- 



cinctm, Linn. ; Dasypus Peba, Desm.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 33. Cuv. A. K. vol. iii. p. 257. Cat. of Mam- 

 malia in Brit. Mus. p. 189. 

 Hab. South America. 



787. The Peba or Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novem-cinctus, 



Linn.). 

 Hab. South America. 



Genus MANIS, Linn. 



788. The Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla, Linn.) 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 32. Cuv. A. K. vol. iii. pp. 262, 307. Cat. of 



Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 188. 

 Hab. India. 



