SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Tatou Velu, Azara, Paragua, ii. 164. 



Icon. ? 



Inhabits south side of the river Plata. 



721. 8. D. Minutus (the Pichiy.) Cheek-teeth? tail 

 round, ringed at the base, nearly half as long as the animal ; 

 shield tooth-edged, with six or seven bands, formed of 

 rectangular plates ; ears very small ; sharp frontal plates, 

 formed of smooth irregular scales, cut in on the sides over 

 the eyes, but not over the ears ; hair very abundant on 

 the lower part of the shell. 



Dasypus Minutus, Desmarest, Mam. 371. 

 . Tatou Pichiy, Azara^ Paragua, ii. 192. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. \. 



Inhabits Buenos Ayres. 



Obs. D'Azara observes that there is another kind, which 

 he could not get a specimen of, found in Paragua. 



Genus III. — Orycteropus. 



Incisive teeth § ; canines ^% ; cheek-teeth ^\^, separate, 

 formed of bony substance, traversed longitudinally by a 

 number of parallel tubes ; head elongated ; four toes before, 

 and five behind, with the hind-feet plantigrade ; nails very 

 thick and like hoofs. The tarsi and metatarsi very like 

 those of the Pachydermata. 



722. 1. O. Capemis (Cape Orycteropus or Ant-eater.j 

 Pale gray, inclining to red on the flanks; feet deep brown ; 

 general appearance pig-like. As big as a badger. 



Myrmecophaga Afra, Pal. Miscel. w. 64. Myrmeco- 

 phaga Capensis, Gm. Orycteropus Capensis, Illiger, Cuv. &^'c. 



Cochon de Terre, Kolbe, Descnpt. de Cap. Cape Ant- 

 eater, Pen. Hardvark or Ground Hog of the Colonists. 



Icon. Buf. t. 6, pL 3. Allamand, Sup. v./. 11. 



Inhabits South Africa, near the Cape. 



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