CHAPTER XIII 

 ORDER OF TOOTHLESS MAMMALS 



EDENTATA 



NEAR the bottom of the scale of terrestrial warm-blooded 

 quadrupeds, is found the Order Edentata, so called 

 because several of its members are toothless, and others are 

 nearly so. It contains perhaps a greater proportion of odd 

 and remarkable forms than any other Order, and all are found 

 on the American continent. Many of them are so wonder- 

 ful in form and habit that they well repay the effort necessary 

 to make their acquaintance. The species fall into three 

 Families, as follows: 



ORDER EDENTATA 



FAMILIES EXAMPLES 



Nine-Banded Armadillo. 



A T\ jf j Six-Banded Armadillo. 



ARMADILLOS Das-v-vodi-dae ^i T i i * i-n 



Three-Banded Armadillo. 



Giant Armadillo. 



ANT-EATERS . . , . Myr-me-co-phag'i-dae. . ( ^ reat ^nt-Eater. 



( Tamandua. 



SLOTHS Brad-y-pod'i-dae I Three-Toed Sloth. 



1 Two-Toed Sloth. 



THE ARMADILLO FAMILY 



Dasypodidae 



With a few exceptions, armadillos are found only in South 

 America. The southern half of that continent was once the 



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