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 THE N I N E - B A N D E D ARMADILLO. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Grinders only, without either cutting or canine teeth. 

 Body covered by a fort of ofleous armour. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Armadillo with the armour divided on the back into nine bands or zones. 



American Armadillo, Phil. 'Trmif. 54. p. 57. /, 7. 



Le Cachichame, ou Tatou a neuf bandes. Buff. 10. f. 215. /. 37. 



Pig-headed Armadillo. Grew's Rarities^ 1«. 



THE TWELVE-BANDED ARMADILLO.? 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



Armadillo with armour divided into twelve bands, 



Le Kabaflbu, ou Tatou a douze bandes. Buff. 10. p. 218. /. 40. 



Twelve-banded Armadillo? Pennant, ^tadr. f. 501. 



NATURE, which has clothed tlie Porcupine and the Hedgehog with 

 fharp quills, and the Mr.nis with ftrong fcales, has bellowed on die 

 genus Dafypus a complete fuit of armour, fo admirably conftrufted and fo 

 elegantly ornamented, that it is impoffible to view without afroniPnment an ap- 

 paratus 



