CHAPTER XIII 
ORDER OF TOOTHLESS MAMMALS 
EDENTATA 
EAR the bottom of the scale of terrestrial warm-blooded 
quadrupeds, is found the Order Edentata, so called 
because several of its members are toothless, and others are 
nearly so. It contains perhaps a greater proportion of odd 
and remarkable forms than any other Order, and all are found 
on the American continent. Many of them are so wonder- 
ful in form and habit that they well repay the effort necessary 
to make their acquaintance. The species fall into three 
Families, as follows: 
OrDER EDENTATA 
FAMILIES EXAMPLES 
Nine-Banded Armadillo. 
Six-Banded Armadillo. 
ARMADILLOS.......... Das-y-pod'i-dae....... ince. Banded skeaveale, 
Giant Armadillo. 
i Great Ant-Eater. 
ANnT-EATERS......... Myr-me-co-phag't-dae. . Teak 
SLOTHS.........2-04- Brad-y-pod'i-dae...... | Three-Toed Sloth. 
Two-Toed Sloth. 
THE ARMADILLO FAMILY 
Dasypodidae 
With a few exceptions, armadillos are found only in South 
America. The southern half of that continent was once the 
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