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SEVEN-BANDED ARMADILLO. 
Dasypus Septemcinctus. D. cingulis septenis, palmis tetradactylis, 
plantis pentadactylis. Lin. Am. Acad. \. p. 28 1. Syst. Nat. p. 54. 
Armadillo with seven bands, and four toes on the fore feet, and 
five on the hind. 
It is impossible to consider this in any other 
light than as a mere variety of the nine-banded 
Armadillo, in which the pattern of the armour^ 
and the relative proportions of the parts, are suf- 
ficient to ascertain the species, whatever may 
happen to be the number of the zones. 
NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 
Dasypus Novemcinctus. D. cingulis no'vem, palmis tetradactylis, 
plantis pentadactylis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 54. 
Armadillo with nine zones, four toes on the fore feet, and five 
on the hind. 
Cataphractus scutis duobus, cingulis novem. Sriss. ^adr. 42. 
Tatus. Gesn. ^adr. p. 935. 
Cachicame, ou Tatou a neuf bandes. Buff. 10. p. 215. 37. 
Nine-banded Armadillo. Pennant ^adr. 2. 248. 
The number of bands or zones in this species is 
generally nine: they are extremely distinct or well 
defined, and are transversly marked by very nu- 
merous wedge-shaped or acutely-triangular figures 
alternating with smaller opposite ones : the head is 
smaller, longer in proportion, and sharper snouted 
than in any other species : the fore and hind parts 
of the shield or covering are marked by very nu- 
