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88. Dasypus. Armadillo. Grinders cylindrical, sepa- 

 rated from one another. Tongue smooth, stomach simple, 

 and the intestine without ccecum. Five toes. Body co- 

 vered with large plates or scales, not imbricated. There 

 are several species, distinguished by the disposition of the 

 scales. 



89. Megatherium. Grinders contiguous. This is a 

 fossil genus, instituted by Cuvier for the reception of two 

 species, the skeletons of which have been dug up in Ame- 

 rica. The first is the Megalonoix, of the size of an ox. 

 The second, or Megatlierium primitivum, is equal to the 

 rhinoceros. 



b. Grinders penetrated by canals, 



90. Orycteropus. Grinders cylindrical, traversed lon- 

 gitudinally by a number of small canals. The stomach 

 muscular towards the pylorus. Coecum small. Body co- 

 vered with hair. O. capensis. 



Destitute of grinders, tusks and incisors. Genuine 

 Edentata. No coecum. 



91. Myrmecophaga. Ant-eater. Body covered with 

 hair. Tongue filiform, extensile, moist. Stomach simple. 

 M.jubata. 



92. Manis. Pangolin. Body covered with imbricated 

 scales. Stomach slightly divided. M. pentadactyla. 



UNGULATA. 



HOOFED QUADRUPEDS, 



The fingered quadrupeds are all capable, more or less, 

 of seizing objects with their extremities, so that their 

 fingers and toes are not only subservient to the purposes of 

 jjrogressive motion and protection, but of the digestive 



