?,-2G YEIITEIil:ATF, AXnfAF.S. 



and well-develu]ieil ci.llar- bones. The jaws are ]>roviaed with 

 numerous sini]>le molars {tig. 230, B), wliieh attain the enormous 

 number of neiirly one humhed in the Great Armadillo {Dasijpns 

 i/ii/<is). The u|)|ier surface of tlie bmly is covered with a coat of 

 mail, formed of hard Inuiy -[ihites or shields united at their edges. 

 A ])ortiou of this armour Covers the head and shoidders, and an- 

 other portion ]irotects the hind-quarters ; whilst between these is 

 generally a variable nnml.ier of movable bands which run trans- 

 versely across the body and give the necessary fle.vibility to this ■ 

 singular integumentary slveletoii. In most species this flexibility 

 is so great that the animal can roll itself up like a hedgehog. 



The remaining South Amerio;ui Edentates are the Hairy Ant- 

 eaters, of which the best known is the Great Ant-eater {Mynneco- 



'pliarja Jiihatii). The body in this family is covered with hair, the 

 tail is lorg, and the teeth are altogether wanting. They feed 

 chiefly ujion ants and termites, which they catch by protruding 

 their long and sticky tongues, lia\'ing previously bn)ken into the 

 nest by means of their .strong cui'ved claws. 



The Bdentai'i are rej)rcsentcd in the Old World by only two 

 genera. One of these is the genus Manis, comprising the Scaly 

 Ant-eaters or Pan.golins, which are e.xclnsivelj' couflned to Asia and 

 Africa. In these singidar animals (flg. 232) the body and tail are 

 covered by a flexible armour, eomiio.sed of horny plates or scales 

 ovei'lappin,g like the tiles of a, I'oof, The other genus is Oiy/cteropiix, 

 comprising oidy the so-called < biiund Hog of South Africa; which 

 also lives upon insects, and bunows by means of its stiong digging- 

 claws. 



