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adapted for suspension; toes completely join- 

 ed by skin, and armed with very long, strong, 

 compressed, and curved claws ; tail none. 



2. Family. — Armadillos (Dasypodidse). Head long 



and pointed, mouth small, tongue somewhat 

 extensible ; no cutting or canine teeth ; grind- 

 ers cylindrical ; body covered by a hard, scaly 

 armour ; fore feet with four or five toes, hind 

 feet five. They have the power of rolling 

 themselves up. 



3. FAMILY. — Earth-Hogs (Orycteropodidae). Head 



lengthened and pointed, tongue extensible; 

 form bulky, long, and low; skin thick, co- 

 vered with bristles ; nails thick and fitted 

 for digging; grinders ^, cylindrical, and tra- 

 versed in a longitudinal direction by a num- 

 ber of little canals. 



4. Family. — Anteaters (Myrmecophagidse). Head 



generally very long, tapering to -a point; 

 mouth small, toothless, tongue long, exsertile ; 

 body long, thickly clothed with long hair ; 

 tail long and bushy, or naked at tip and pre- 

 hensile ; or body and tail covered with dense 

 horny imbricated scales; claws long, cutting, 

 incurved. Walk on sides of feet. 



XI. ORDER— Eodents (Eodentia). 



Two long curved incisors in each jaw, which are 

 bevelled off on inner surface, and always present a 

 sharp cutting edge, a wide space between these and 



