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. tegmine tripartita, pedibus pentadactylis , 
Lin. Syst, Nat. /. 5 3 . 
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, &-C. Seb. i.p. 62. /. 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. 
