The Enconhert Armadillo, Paynv of Azzara, (7). sexdnctus and ocfodecemcinefiu; Lin.), which is distinf>-uished 

 from the rest of the £:enus by having a tooth on each side fixed in the intenuaxiilary bone : its coat of mail has six 



or seven bands, with smooth, larj^e, and ano;ijJar compartments ; tail middle-sized, and annulated only at its base. 

 The I'/c/ii// of Azzara, and an allied species, the Hairy ArmiuMWo {Tafou vein, Az.), resemble the Encoubert 

 except in wanting the intermaxillary teeth, in having the po.sterior shell denticulated, and the p;irts that are not 

 plated clad with longer and more close-set hairs. 



A third principal division of these animals exhibits Ave toes to the fore-feet, but disposed ohliqiicly, 

 so that the thumb and index are slender, the latter being longest, the riuddle one bearing an enormous 

 trenchant claw, the next liaviiig a shorter claw, and the tilth bciug shortest of any. This structure 

 enaldes them to cut up the ground, and burrow very rapidly, or at any rate to hold on so tirmly to the 

 sides of their excavation as to be very difficult to detach. In this subdivision, or 



Tin: Caras.sous, — 



There are eiglit or idne teeth on each side of both jaws. 



The Calxhsmft pyopre, Buff. ; Tiilovn}i, d'Azz. ; {T). ui<U:iiH-fjj.s, Lin,)— Twelve intermediate bands ; the tail long 

 and tubcrculnted ; the compartments of the bands and skin are square, and broader than long ; tive toes before, 

 of which four are furnished with enormous claws, trenchant on their outer border. It attains a great size. 



The Priodontes, F. Cuv., — 



With tive anterior toes still more unequal, and claws even exceeding those of the Cahassons, possess 

 twenty-two or twenty-four small teeth on each side above and below, making eighty-eight or ninety-six 

 in all. Such is 



The Giant Armadillo (D. f/ifjci.-;, Cuv.) — "NYith twelve or thirteen intermediate bands, a lon^: fail covered with 

 iriibj-icatcd scales, the comxiartments of whirh are sijuare, and bioader than long. It is the largest specie;j of 

 AnuaLlillo, being sometimes three feet in ler]L;"tli \^ ithout the tail. 



At the termination of the Armadillos, as a very distinct subgenus, [genus, or even family, to which 

 the colossal Megatherium also appertains], may he placed 



The Chlamyphores (Cf/kni'i/pJ/orns-, Har.), — 

 AVbieh have ten teeth on each side of l)otli jaws, five toes on each foot, the anterior claws very large, 

 crooked, compressed, and furnishing (as in the Cabassous) a very powerful cutting instrument [adapted 

 for digging]. The back is covered with a scries of scaly pieces, arranged transversely, without any 

 solid buckler cither before or behind, but fornnng a sort of cuirass, which is only connected with the 

 body along the spine. The bind part of the liody is al)ruptly truncated, and the tail incurved and 

 j-artially attached to the under part of the body : [it is covered with small scales, and expanded at the 

 t!]>. The ostciilngy of this aniuial, as giviMi by j\Ir. YarrcU {Zool. Journ., No. xii.), is considerably allied 

 to that of the Cabassous. Tliere is a singular tuberosity on the skull over each eyebrow% 



We kMow ]mt nf one {<.'/i/ain'/p/ianffi irinica/iis, Harlan), only five or six inches in length; it is a nati\'e of the 

 interior of Cliili, where it pa>ses most of its time under ground, [and is either verj' rare (perhaps vergin;:^ tnwai-ds 

 extinction), or ditlicult to obtain on account of its subterraneous habits]. 



N.B. There have been found, in America, some fossil bones of a gigantic Armadillo, which appears to have been 

 al)0ut ten feet long exclusive of the tail, (riee my Oi-scmeii.'> Fus.'iifc.^-y vol. v. part 1, p. 191, note.) 



The Orycteropes {Ori/cferopus, Geof ) — 

 Have been long confounded with the Ant-eaters, inasmuch as they subsist on the same food, have a 

 sinular-formed head, and a tongue which is somewhat extensible; but they are distinguished by having 

 grinding teeth, and flat claws, ailajited for burrowing rather than for cutting open ant-bills. The 

 structiu-e of their teeth is different from that of all other quadru]ieds ; they are solid cylinders, traversed, 

 like reeds, in a longitudinal direction, 5iy an infinitude of little canals. The stouiach is simple, and 

 muscular tow^■lrds its outlet, and the crcciim small and obtuse. 



Only one species is known of this genus, the Cape Orycterope {Miirmecophoga capensh-^ Pallas), which the 

 Dutch colonists style the Ground Hog. ]t is an animal about the size of a Badger or larger, low upon the le.ii's, 

 with scanty greyish-brown hair, and tail shoi'ter than the body and as little clad. It inhabits burrows, wdnch it 

 forms with extreme rapiility ; and its l!e^h is eaten. 



The rcniaiiiiiig Edentata possess no grinders whatever, and consequently have no teeth 

 at all. There are two <^^enera. 



