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A COURSE ON ZOOLOGY. 



The armadillos possess a scaly covering which en- 

 velops the body like a cuirass, and by which they are 



FIG. 163. 



THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO (Dasypus apar). 



almost as well protected as are hedgehogs and porcu- 

 pines. They are nocturnal, burrowers, and inoffensive. 



FIG. 164 



GREAT ANT-EATER (Myrmecophaga jubata). 



The pangolins are, like the armadillos, enveloped in a 

 scaly coat, but they are absolutely without teeth, and 

 are compelled to live on ants that they catch by the 



