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Cacuicamus, Cuv. 
Which has only seven teeth on each side, and in each jaw. The 
muzzle is pointed ; the tail long, and encircled with bony rings. 
Dasypus novemcinctus, L.; Cachichame, Buff. X, xxxvii; Ta- 
tou a longue queue, Id. Supp. III, lviii; Tatwete, Schreb. Ixxiii ; 
Tatupeba, Marcg. (The Nine-banded Armadillo.) With nine, 
sometimes eight intermediate bands, generally blackish; the 
body fifteen inches in length, and the tail the same. 
Das. 7-cinctus; Schreb. LXXIL; Tatou mulet, Azzar. (The 
Seven-banded Armadillo.) But seven bands, and is smaller ; its 
tail also is proportionably shorter. Those of the 
Apara, Cuv., 
Have the toes of the Cachicami, and nine or ten teeth throughout. 
Das. tricinctus, L.; Tatou Apara, Marcg.; Apar, Buff.; Mataco, 
Azzar.; Schreb. LXXI, A. © (The Three-banded Armadillo.) 
Three intermediate bands; tail very short, and the compart- 
ments regularly tuberculated. By enclosing its head and feet be- 
tween its plates, it possesses the faculty of rolling itself into a 
complete ball, like certain species of Oniscus. It is from Para- 
guay and Brazil, and is one of those found farthest to the south. 
Size, middling. In other Tatous, such as the 
EncouBeErtus, Cuv., 
Theré are five toes to the fore feet, the three middle of which are 
the longest. The greater part of their tail is covered with scales, 
arranged in quincunx. There are nine or ten teeth throughout. In 
this subdivision is 
Dasyp. sexcinctus and octodecimcinctus, L.; Encoubert and Cir- 
quinson, Buff.;(1) Tatou poyou, Azzar.; Buff. X, xlii, and Supp. 
Ill, xlii. (The Six-banded Armadillo.) Distinguished from all 
the rest of the genus by having a tooth on each side in the in- 
termaxillary bone. The shell has six or seven bands ; its com- 
partments are large, smooth and angular ; the tail is of a mid- 
dling length, and annulated only at the base ; there are five toes 
to each foot. The Pichiy of Azzara resembles this species, 
except that there are no intermaxillary teeth, that its posterior 
shield is denticulated, and that the parts not defended by the 
(1) The Weasel-headed Tautou of Grew; Cirgquinson of Buff.; Das. octodecimeine- 
tus, L., is the Encoubert, or Six-banded Armadillo; but Grew considered the rows 
of scales on the croup as movable. If we count them we shall find but sixteen, 
and his own figure exhibits no more, : 
