TOOTHLESS QUADRUPEDS. 



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Fig. 63.— Six-banded Armadillo. 



roasted in their shells. The Armadilloes live on carrion, 

 insects, and fruit. They are all small, except one species, 

 ■which is called the Gigantic Armadillo, and weighs a 

 hundred pounds or more. 



128. The Sloth, Fig. 64, differs from all other arboreal 



Fig. 64.— Sloth. 



Quadrupeds in its manner of climhing. It always has its 

 back downward, as seen in the figure. It has been com- 

 mon to consider this animal as imperfectly constructed. 



