TWINNING IN DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS 



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The upper fetus on the left is fetus I, its partner is 

 II; the lower right fetus is III and its partner is IV. 



Fig. ig. — An armadillo egg about six weeks after fertilization, 

 showing the two pairs of fetuses, revealed by the removal of part of the 

 egg membranes. Each has its own oval placental area, its own amnion, 

 umbilicus, etc. The heavy dotted lines indicate the boimdaries of 

 the removed portion of the placental disks of the two nearest embryos. 

 (See stage XI.) 



Each fetus has its own amnion, but at this time the 

 amnia occupy only a small part of the total volume 



