BANDED ANTEATER. 



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they cling to the teats (four in number). The teeth are all small, and are mostly 

 separated from one another by distinct intervals ; those of the cheek-series are 



jerboa POD( in I uat. size). 



either eight or nine in number on each side of both the upper and lower jaw, thus 

 making a total of either fifty-two or fifty-six teeth — a greater number than in 







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THE BANDED ASTEATER (J nat. size). 



any other existing members of the order. In many of the above-mentioned points 

 this creature differs widely from all the other JDasyu Hda . and there is considerable 

 justification for the view that it ought to constitute a family by itself. The banded 



