Cas6 Contains Edentates (Eruta). These occupy also a 
part of Case. 2 . Among the Edentates shown are armadillos, the 
strangely armored pichiciago from the Argentine Republic, two 
species of sloth, several species of ant-eaters and two species of 
scaly ant-eaters, or pangolins, from Africa The armadillos have 
most of the skin converted into an armor of bony plates. They live 
on roots, insects, reptiles and carrion. They are able to burrow 
with astonishing rapidity. The pichiciago is a very rare burrow- 
ing animal. The great ant-eater lives on white ants, whose dwell- 
ings it tears open with its strong claws. The pangolins (Mams) 
have the body covered with overlapping horny plates. They sub- 
sist on ants. 
This case also contains two representatives of the Sirenia. 
These are aquatic herbivorous animals which, in external form, 
resemble the whales. They have, however, no close relationship 
with the latter animals. The uppermost specimen is the Ameri- 
can manatee, or sea-cow, a resident of Florida. The lower speci- 
men is the dugong from Australia. 
Case 3. Hogs and peccaries. The peccaries here shown 
go in small herds of eight to ten, and are not as pugnacious as is 
another species found in South America This case also contains 
three interesting species of deer, the muntjac; the little deer, 
Cervus steerii, the type of its species; and the sambur of India. 
Case 4.— Female wapiti ; the male of this species is in 
Alcove 99 , West Court. 
Case 5.-—Reindeer and its close relative, the caribou, from 
Maine. These are the only deer the females of which have well 
developed horns. 
This case also contains the female moose. 
Case 0. — The male moose. 
HALL 20. 
Case 7.— Several species of deer, including the pronghorn, 
or American antelope. 
Case 8 — Two species of antelope from British East Africa 
Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (B, lichtensteini)^ and Coke’s harte- 
beest (B, cokei). 
