TOOTHLESS MAMMALS; ALVKSLi I'LVLS. 



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lleetncss. It always follows the same paths. The Gra\- 

 Rabbit is smaller and does not turn white in winter. 



Toothless Mammals, or Edentates. 



The Edentates are Sloths, Armadillos, and Ant-eaters. 

 Some of these animals have no teeth, and others are 

 only destitute of front teeth. Many of them have a 

 bony or scaly covering. The}- live in warm countries. 



Armadillos. 



The word Armadillo means clad in armor, and is 

 "iven to these animals on account of their bony or 

 horny covering. They live mainly in the warm and 



Fig. 96. — Nine-banded Armadillo. 



hot parts of South America, dig burrows, and feed 

 upon vegetables, carrion, insects, and worms. The 

 Nine-banded Armadillo is about two feet long, and is 

 found as far north as Texas. 



Marsupials. 



The Marsupials have a pouch, or sack, beneath the 

 body, in which the young are kept for a time after they 

 are born; even after they are able to walk they re- 

 sort to the pouch of the mother when danger is near. 

 With the exception of the Opossums of America, all 

 the Marsupials are in Australia and adjacent islands. 



