382 DASYPODID^. 



c. Head broad, depressed ; nose very slender, broad, depressed ; intermaxillary 



toothless, 



4. EUPHRACTUS. 



Head conical, covered with a shield of very many polygonal plates, 

 with a tuft of hair under the eyes. Nape with a narrow short band 

 of small plates. Dorsal disk very hairy, the first row of plates on 

 the front of the scapular shield forming a free ring ; the lower mar- 

 ginal plates of the pelvic shield large, falcate. Tail conical, covered 

 with rings of plates. Toes 5.5; claws acute, triangular, front largest. 

 Skull broad, very depressed. Nose very slender, elongate; inter- 

 maxillary bone toothless. Teeth |.4, moderate. — Gfray, P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 376. 



Dasypus (Euphractus), partly, Burmeisler. 

 Eupnractus, partly, Wagler. 

 Dasypus, sp., Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 214. 

 Tatusia, sp., 3urmeister. 



* Nose short, broad; ears long. 

 1. Euphractus vlUosus. (Peludo.) B.M. 



Muzzle broad ; ears large ; forehead broad, covered with rugulose 

 tubercular plates ; back covered with abundant long black hairs, 

 more or less deciduous. 



Dasypus villosus, Desm. Mamm. p. 370 ; Oerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. 



p. 286 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 214. 

 Tatusia villosa, Lesson, Mam. p. 312. 

 Dasypus (Tatusia) villosus, Rapp, JEdent. p. 10. 

 Dasypus (Euphractus) villosus, Burmeister, La Plata, ii, 1861. 

 Euphractus viUosus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 376. 

 El Peludo, Azara, ii. p. 140. 



Sah. Buenos Ayres, Pampas. 



The skull which Giebel (Zeitschrift, 1861, t. 345. f. 1) figures 

 under the name of D. villosus is evidently that of B. seooevnctas. 



** Nose slender, elongate ; ears small. 



2. Euphractus minutus. (Pichy.) B.M. 



Nose slender, elongate ; ears small ; forehead convex, covered 

 with irregular smooth polygonal plates. Back with scattered elon- 

 gate, slender, black or grey bristles. 



Dasypus minutus, Desm. Mamm. p. 371; Trirner, P. Z. S. 1851, 



p. 214. 

 Dasypus patagonicus, Desm. N. Diet. S. N. xxx. 11. p. 491. 

 Tatusia minuta, Lesson, Mam. p. 847; Gray, lAst Mamm. B. M. p. 190; 



Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 286. 

 Dasypus (Euphractus) minutus, Burmeister, La Plata, ii. p. 427, 



Dasypus (Tatusia) minuta, Rapp, Edent. p. 10. ■ 



