19^ TWELVE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 
the bands; which^ instead of the triangular or 
wedge shaped marks before described^ have a 
simple series of long-oval marks throughout each 
band ; and the ultimate bands are not so distinctly 
defined as in the adult animal. 
The Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasijpus sept em- 
cinctus, of Linnaeus and others, as before observ- 
ed, is not a distinct species, but a mere variety of 
this ; as is also the Eight-banded Armadillo, Dasy- 
pus octodnctus, Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 
TWELVE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 
Dasypus cingulis duodecint. 
Armadillo with twelve zones. 
Dasypus Unicinctus. Lin, D. tegmine tripartito, cingulis duode- 
cim. Lin. Syst. Nat, p. 53. 
Tatu seu Armadillo Africanus. Seb, i. p. 57. 30. 
Kabassou ou Tatou a douze bandes. Buff. 10. p. 218. //. 40. 
and ruar. ? major, pi. 41 . 
Twelve-banded Armadillo. Pennant ^adr. 2. /. 249. 
The Twelve-banded Armadillo^ according to 
the character generally given in authors, should 
have twelve zones or bands ; but it is certain that 
this number is not very accurately observed by 
Nature : and perhaps thirteen or fourteen is 
the more general number. The individuals 
also appear to vary in some other particulars. 
That described by the Count de Buffon and Mr. 
Pennant, under the title of the Twelve-banded 
Armadillo, has broad upright ears; the head is 
thick and broad, and is marked above into large 
