SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



teeth If ? ; tail round, nearly half as long as the body; 

 nose long ; ears large ; legs short ; shield with six or seven 

 moveable bands. 



Dasypus Hybridus, Desmarest, Nov. Diet. Hist. Nat. 

 XXXII. 492. Fischer, Zoog. 



Tatou Mulet, Azara, Paragua, ii. 288, 



Icon 



Inhabits Brazil. 



717. 4. Dasypus Giganteus (Giant Tatou.) Cheek-teeth 

 ^ -f^; tail round, half as long as the body, covered with 

 plates; shield with twelve or thirteen bands, composed of 

 long scales ; ears small ; head rather broad ; muzzle long; 

 claws very strong. 



Dasypus Gigas, Cuv. Reg. Anim. i.22i. Dasypus Gi- 

 ganteus, Desmarest, Mamm. 269. Fischer, Zoog. Dasypus 

 Maximus, Gmelin. 



Grand Tatou, Azara, Parag. ii. 132. Giant Armadillo, or 

 Greatest Armadillo. 



Icon. Buff on Hist. Nat. x. t. 41. 



Inhabits Paragua. 



This animal is the type of F. Cuvier's genus Priodontes, 

 characterized by the very great number of its teeth, &c. 



718. 5. Dasypus Tatouay (the Twelve-banded Armadillo.) 

 Cheek-teeth ^a ; tail round, less than half the length of the 

 body, covered with scattered tubercles ; shield, with twelve 

 or thirteen moveable bands, formed of broad rectangular 

 plates ; ears large ; head rather convex ; muzzle long. 

 About two feet three or four inches long. 



Dasypus Unicinctus, Lin. Sys. Nat. D. Duodecemcinctus, 

 Gmelin. D. Dasycerus, Fischer, Zoogn. Armadillo Afri- 

 canus, Briss. Reg. Anim. 43. Tatu Mastclinus, Ray, 

 235. 



Kabasson, BuffoiijHist. Nat. x.? Tatou Tatouay, Azara, 



277 2 u 



