1865.] OF ENTOMOPHAGOUS EDENTATA. aya 
Dr. Burmeister, in ‘System, Uebers. der Thiere Brasiliens,’ p. 276, 
1854, divides the genus Dasypus of Linné into two subgenera—Da- 
sypus and Praopus—the latter for D. 9-cinctus of Linneus, and 
synonymous with the genus Dasypus as restricted by Wagler. 
Tribe 1. Dasyrpopina. The dorsal disk closely attached to the back 
of the animal, divided in the middle by free rings into scapular 
and pelvic shields ; pelvic shield free from the pelvis. 
1. Scapular and pelvic shields moderate ; central rings several. Feet 
strong; hind toes free; claws large. Skull smooth above, and 
separate from the frontal shield. Tail elongate. Pelto- 
chlamydes. 
A. Digitigrade. The toes of the front and hind feet separate ; 
claws conical, similar ; palms and soles covered with shields, 
without any marked heel. Head elongate, ovate; forehead 
rounded ; nose slender; eurs close together, on the top of the 
head. Body subcylindrical, Chcerochlamydes. 
These animals walk on their toes, and are very porcine in their 
character, as well as in the general form of the feet ; the hinder part 
of the wrist and feet is covered with plates like the rest of the legs. 
4. TATusIA. 
Central rings 5 to 8. Toes 4/5, subequal, the two front and three 
hinder middle largest ; inner and outer small ; claws conical. Tail 
conical, elongate, annulated ; lower rings of two or three series of 
plates. Cutting-teeth none; grinders 8/8, moderate. Osteology, 
see Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. t. 10; Tumer, P. Z.S. 1851, p. 212. 
Tatus, Gesner. 
Tatusia, sp., F. Cuvier. 
Dasypus, Wagler. 
Dasypus 2 (Tatusia), Rapp, Edent. 8. 
Praopus, Burmeister, Syst. Ueber. d. Thiere Brasil. i. 295, 1854; 
Arch. f. Naturg. 1862, 98. 
The penis short, ending in a three-lobed gland (Cuvier, v. 118). 
* Face suddenly contracted ; the nose subcylindrical ; hinder part 
of palate rather narrow, flat, rounded on the sides. Tatusia. 
1. TaTusiIA PEBA. 
Ears one-third of the length of the head; shields smooth ; under- 
side with scattered bristles; tail as long as the body. 
Tatusia septemcincta, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B.M. 189; Gerrard, 
Cat. Bones B. M. 286; Turner, P. Z.S. 1851, p. 212. 
Dasypus septemeinctus, Linn. Am. Acad. i. 281. ~ 
D. octocinctus, Schreb. Siugeth. t. 73. 
