366 MANIDID^. 



3. Lestodoia, Gervais; 4, Scelidotherium, Owen {Flaiyonyx, Lund, 

 and Ohssotherium, Owen) ; 5. Megcdonyco, Jefferson ; 6. Sphenodon, 

 Lund? 



Suborder II. EFFODIENTIA. 



G-rinders none or rootles?. Canines sometimes entirely 

 wanting ; if present^ like the grinders. Face elongate ; mouth 

 mostly small. Body armed with scales, spines, or rigid hairs. 

 Limbs short and strong, hinder ones longest. Stomach 

 simple ; malar bone simple or wanting. 



Dasypidse, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 188 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 3, f. 2. 

 Effodientia, Baird, N. A. Mamm. p. 621. 

 Insektenfressende Edentaten, Rapp, Edemt. 



The species of this family of animals have been so well described 

 by Cuvier, Sundeyall, Lund, Burmeister, and others, that I have only 

 one or two new species to describe. I have attempted to arrange 

 the genera, especially of the Dasypodinm, in more natural groups. 



The osteological characters have been well studied by Cuvier, De 

 Blainville, Owen, Eapp, Turner, and others. 



Figures of the skulls of a few species which have not before been 

 pubUshed.— ffmjf, P. Z.S. 1865, p. 360-61. 



Section L Teeth none. Body covered with scales ; revohcte. Oataphracta. — 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 362. 



Fam. 2. MANIDID.E. 



Body covered with scales. Tail flat, expanded. Toes bent up. 

 Walking on the outer side of the feet. Fossorial ; slow ; forming a 

 globe when contracted,. 



Osteology. — See Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. p. 99 ; SundevaU, Kong. Vet. 

 Akad. Hand. 1842, p. 274 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 219. 



Manina, Chray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 188. 



ManidsB, Turner, I. c. 1851, p. 219 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 362. 



Vennilinguia, Giebel, Saugeth. p. 394. 



Cuvier only knew of two species, the long- and the short-tailed 

 Manis (see Oss. Foss. v. p. 98). 



