ii2 MAMMALIA, BRUTA. Armadillo. 



legs, and tail, are the rudiments of fcales, which are round, hard, polifhed, and furrounded with fmall 

 tufts of hair : The head is feven inches long, the body twenty-one inches, and the tail is fhorter than 

 the body, 



158 8. Largeft Armadillo.— Dafypus maximus. 



The legs and tail are covered with a fkin which is divided into regular lonzenge fhaped 

 fcales; the fheil has twelve moveable bands. Sm. Buff. v. 377. pl.cliv. Penn. hift. of quad, 

 p. 501. 



Inhabits Cayenne. — This has likewife twelve moveable bands ; is of a black colour, and much the 

 largeft fpecies of the genus, being two feet ten inches in length, from the tip of the nofe to the origin 

 of the tail, which is one foot eight inches long ; the tail is thick at the rump, and tapers to a point, 

 being covered with a fkin divided into regular lozenge fhaped fcales, as are the legs ; the head and 

 muzzle are longifh, and the ears are fmall and erect : The female brings forth eight, and fometimes 

 ten, at a litter, in very deep holes. It feeds, during the night, on worms, wood lice, and ants ; and 

 the flefh is good, refembling that of a pig in flavour. 



$59 9- Cirquincon. — 2. Dafypus novemdecemcinffius. 7. 



Has no fhield on the rump, and eighteen bands cover the back, from the fhield on 

 the fhoulder to the origin of the tail. Sm. Buff. v. 377. 



Dafypus novemdecemcinctus, or having eighteen bands, with a fimple covering. Syft. nat. ed. 

 Grnelin, p. 55. n. 7. Syft. nat. ed. vi. n. 12. I./3. — Cataphradtus novemdecemcin&us, having only 

 one fhield and eighteen belts. Brill", quad. 37. — Tatu muftelinus, or Weafle-like Tatu. Raj. quad. 

 225. — Weafle-headed armadillo. Grew, Muf. 19. t. 1. 



Inhabits South America. — Dr Gmelin is uncertain if this be really diftincT: from the four-banded 

 fpecies, and from the eighteen-banded, defcribed by Molina, Hift. Nat. Chil. book iv. p. 271. which 

 has four toes on the fore legs ? All the other armadillos have two fhields, one on the fhoulders, and 

 another on the rump ; but this fpecies has only one, which is on the fhoulders. The body is about 

 ten inches long, the head three, and the tail five ; the legs are two or three inches long ; the head 

 refembles that of a weafel, having a large flat forehead, fmall eyes, and the ears about an inch long - r 

 the armour of the head and legs is compofed of round fcales, about a quarter of an inch diameter j 

 that of the neck, in one piece, is formed of fmall fquare fcales ; the fhield on the fhoulders is formed 

 of rows of fimilar fcales, adhering firmly together J from thence to the tail are eighteen moveable 

 bands, of which the anterior are larger, and are formed of fquare and oblong pieces, and the pofte- 

 rior fmaller, and compofed of round and fquare pieces mixed ; all thefe bands are united by a flexible 

 fkin ; the firft half of the tail is covered with fix rings of fmall fquare pieces, and the reft, to the 

 point, with irregular fcales ; the breaft, belly, and ears, are naked. 



- qo to. Long- tailed Armadillo. — Dafypus longicaudatus. 



Has nine moveable bands, and a very long jointed tail. Sm. Buff. v. 390. pi. clvi. 



American armadillo., Dr Watfon, Phil. Tranf. liv. pi. 7, 



Inhabit? 



