114 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 
SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO. 
The Tamandua, (Taimandua tetradactyla), is a smaller 
ant-eater than the preceding species, of tree-climbing habits, 
with a proportionately shorter head, no long hair on its 
tail, and extremely large front claws. It is found in Ven- 
ezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and in fact that greater portion 
of the region of tropical forests on this continent south of 
Mexico. Its tail is prehensile, or grasping, and in climbing 
is used almost constantly. 
The Sloths are the slowest, the most helpless and defense- 
less of the edentates. They subsist chiefly upon leaves, 
they climb no more swiftly than a man, and they escape 
their enemies through the resemblance of their pelage to the 
rough bark of the tree-trunks among which they live. They 
have a few teeth, but none for defense, and their claws 
are of use only in climbing, except that they can pinch 
with them. 
Two species of Sloth are occasionally seen in the Zoolog- 
ical Park, but usually in the Primate House, where the 
high temperature is better suited to their needs. 
The Three-Toed Sloth, (Bradypus tridactylus), is the one 
with a brown ‘‘saddle-mark”’ of short hair in the middle of 
its back. The remainder of its pelage is coarse and long, 
and its greenish tint renders it a close imitation of algae- 
covered tree-bark. The Two-Toed Sloth, (Choloepus hoff- 
mani), is much larger than the preceding, and lives longer 
in captivity. Four fine adult specimens occupy a large cage 
