188 THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 



kind of zones, though less strongly marked. 

 Some species, however, are so clearly defined by 

 this mode of distinction, as to be at all times 

 readily ascertained. 



THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 



Dasypus Tricinctus. D. tegxiine tripartito, pedibus pentadactylis. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 53. 



Armadillo,, with the armour divided into three bands, and five- 

 toed feet. 



Tatou, v. Armadillo. Red. exper. 91. /. 92. 



Tatu apara. Marcgr. bras. 232. 



Tatu, &rc. Seb. 1. p. 62. t. 38./. 2, 3. 



This may be considered, perhaps, as the most 

 elegant of the whole genus; the pattern of the ar- 

 mour being peculiarly neat, and well defined; 

 and the colour of the animal more pleasing than 

 in most other species, viz. a clear yellowish-white. 

 The head, shoulders, and hind part of the body, 

 are coated with regular hexagonal divisions, cu- 

 riously studded or tuberculated on the surface ; 

 and the zones of the body are extremely distinct, 

 and only three in number: they are divided or 

 marked into numerous transverse segments or 

 squares; the tail is very thick and short. The 

 legs are covered with hexagonal divisions or seg- 

 ments similar to those on the shoulder, but small- 

 er : the ears are rather large, and the claws smaller 

 than in most other species : it is a native of Brazil. 



