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DIV. T. VERTEBRATA. 



information respecting its dentition prevented him from placing it 

 there. The Marmot Diana, of which we gave a figure in our third 

 volume, p. 172, he says is the same as the Vi scac he o? Azzara., and 

 considers it merely as a larger kind of Chinchilla, with rougher and 

 longer hair. 



ORDER VI.— Edentata. 



The Edentata Cuvier divides into three tribes, the Tardigrades, 

 including the first two genera ; the common Edentata, including the 

 next four; and the Monotremata, including the remaining two. 



Tribe. 





Genus. 



a 



o f1 



I. Brady- / 1- Ac 

 \ 2. Br 



pus, L. 



Subgenus. Example of Species. 



. , r- /^ i Brad, tridactylus, L. the J'i, or 



( three-toed sloth 

 adypus, prop. ^ B. didactylus, L. the Unau, or 



Fr. Cuv. 



two-toed sloth 



-rx -Mr .^ • n S Megatherium, C. Great fossil 



II. Megathermm, Cuv ^^^.,^^; 



III. Dasy- 

 pus, L 



I 



, „ , . ^ S Das. 9-cinctus, L. Nine-handed 



\. Cachicames, Cuv. i ,.„ 



C armadillo 



- , „ S Das. 3-cinctus, L. Three-banded 



2. Apara, Cuv \ ,.,, 



' ' ( armadilto 



„ „ , . f^ S Das. G-cinctus, L. Six-banded 



3. Encouberts, Cuv. { ,.„ 

 ( armadillo 



4. Priodontes, jFr. Cuv. Das gigas, L. Giant armadillo 



5. Chlamyphorus,iara?'?.C. truncatus, Harl. 



TIT r\ , ri £c fO. capensis, Illig. Cape ant- 



IV. Orycteropus, Geoff. ..... | ^^^/^^ ^.groundhog 



^r -nr 1 T ( M. iubata, L. Great or maned 



V. Myrmecophaga, L | ant-eater, bear ant-eater 



_- . _ f M. pentadactyla, L. (S'/?ori-?ai/ef/ 



VI. Mams, L | ant-eater 



( E, hystrix, Cuv. the Spiny 



VII. Echidna, Cuv ■( echidna, or porcupine ornitho- 



rynchus 



VIII. Ornithorynchus, Blum. 



i O. paradoxus, BJain. the Duck- 

 \ bill 



illed platyph 



ORDER VII. — Pachydermata. 



This order is also divided into three tribes or families, I. the Pro- 

 boscidiana, or those furnished with a proboscis, including the ele- 

 phant and some fossil animals ; II. the common Pachydermata, 

 including all the rest of the order except the horse, which belongs to 

 family III., SoUpeda, or solid-footed. 



Family. 



I. Proboscidiana 



Genus. 



Example oj Species. 

 dicus, Cuv. Indian i 

 Mastodon, Cuv. (fossil) 



S 1 • Elephas, L E. Indicus, Cuv. Indian elephant 



12. Mastodon, Cuv. 



