SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Parag. ii. 155. Weasel-headed Armadillo, Grew. Eighteen 

 and twelve-banded Armadillo, Penn. Quad. 



Icon. Buffon, Hist. Nat. x. t. 40. Enc^. Method, t. 27, 

 /. 3. Seba. t. 30. Schreb. 1. 15. Shaw, Zool. i. i. 83. Penn. 

 Quad. t. 93. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



719. 6. D. Sej!cinctus (Six-banded Armadillo.) Incisive 

 teeth f , canines ^^ ; cheek-teeth ff ; six or seven move- 

 able transverse bands; tail round, half as long as body; 

 five toes to all the feet. 



Dasypus Sexcinctus, and D. Octodecemcinctus, Lin. S. N, 

 D. Flavipes, Fisher's Zoogn. 



Encoubert, Buff. Hist. Nat. x. Tatou, Belon, Obs. 211. 

 Tatou Poyou, Azara, Hist. Parag. ii. 142. Weasel-headed 

 Armadillo, Grew, Mus. Gr^sh. Cirquineou, Buffon, Hist. 

 Nat. X. Six-banded and tw^eive-banded Armadillo, Penn. 

 Quad. 249. 



Icon. Buffon, Hist. Nat. x. t. 42. Suppl. 11. t. 57. Ency. 

 Method, t. 26,/. 4. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. vi. t. Penn. 

 Quad. t. 93. 



Inhabits Paragua. 



The type of F. Cuvier's genus Tatous, or Armadillos with 

 incisive teeth. 



720. 7, Dasypus Villosus (Hairy Armadillo) Cheek- 

 teeth |^; tail rather more than half as long as the body, 

 ringed at the base ; shield edged with serrated scales, fur- 

 nished with six or seven moveable bands, formed of rec- 

 tangular plates ; ears moderate ; frontal plate forming 

 irregular scales, with the edge between the ears and the eye 

 acute and prominent ; hair very abundant, long, and 

 brown. 



Dasypus Villosus, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. 

 XXXII. 489. 



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