ORTCTEEOPOBIDJj;* 389 



Section m. Body covered tvith hair or spines, not ivith armour. 



Fain. 6. ORYCTEROPODIDtE. 



Body covered with bristles. Head conical ; mouth large. Teeth 

 numerous. Toes 4.5; inner front wanting ; three middle longest. 

 Claws broad.— ©ray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 382. 



Osteology.— CuYiei, Oss. Poss. v. p. 139, 1. 12 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 

 1851, p. 220 ; Eapp, Edent. t. 4; Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Akad. Hand. 

 1841, X. p. 236, t. 



Myrmecophawina (partly), Cfray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 190. , 

 OrycteropodidBB, Turner, I. c. p. 220; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 382. 

 Fodientia, Oiebel, Sdugeth. p. 412. 



ORYCTEEOPUS. 



Character of family. 



1. Orycteropus capensis. (Aard Vark.) B.M. 



Facial line nearly straight; the nose elongate, thick, scarcely 

 attenuated. 



Myrmecophagus capensis, Cfmelin, S. iV. i. p. 63. 



Myrmeoophagus afra, PaU. Misc. Zool. p. 64. 



Orycteropus capensis, Geoff. ; Desm. Mamm. p. 372 ; Gray, Cat. 

 Mamm. B. M. p. 190; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 382; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 

 B. M. p. 287; Smuts, Mam. Cap. p. 52; Sundevall, I. c. 1841, 

 p. 228; Owen, Odont. t. 76. f. 8, 9, 11, t. 77, 78; Rapp, Edent. 

 p. 13, t. 1-4 (skuU) ; Duvemoy, Ann. Sei. 'Nat. xix. p. 192, t. 96 

 (skull). 



Cochon-de-terre allemand, Buffcm, H. N. v. t. 2; Camper, Ad. 

 Petrop. 1777, p. 222, t. 4. f. 6 (skull). 



Oryct^rope, Cwa. Oss. Foss. v. t. 12 (skeleton). 



Oryct&ope du Cap, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. p. 117, t. 12 (skull). 



Hub. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope. 



2. Orycteropus setMopicus. 



Forehead before the eyes, shelving ; the nose short, thin ; the 

 first front toe longer than the rest. 



Orycteropus sethiopicus, Sundevall, Kong. V. Akad. XCand. 1841, 

 p. 226, t. 3. f. 1-5 ; P^pp, Edent. p. 13 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 382. 



Hcib. Sennaar (Hederiborg). 



3. Orycteropus seuegalensis. 



P Orycteropus senegalensis, Lesson, Mam. p. 277 ; Duvemoy, Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. xix. p. 192, t. 9, 1853. 



Hah. Senegal. May be the same as the former. 



