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DIV. I — ' VERTEBRATA. 
information respecting its dentition prevented him from placing it 
there. The Marmot Diana, of which we gave a figure in our third 
volume, p. 172, he says is the same as the Viscache of Azzara, and 
considers it merely as a larger kind of Chinchilla , with rougher and 
longer hair. 
ORDER VI. — Edentata. 
The Edentata Cuvier divides into three tribes, the Tardigrades , 
including the first two genera ; the common Edentata , including the 
next four ; and the Monotremata, including the remaining two. 
Tribe. 
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Genus. Subgenus. Example of Species. 
I. Brady- f 1 
i>us, 2 
Fr. Cuv I two-toed slot , 
_ i ~ $ Megatherium, C. Great fossil 
II. Megatherium, Cm \ animal 
1. Cachicames, Cuv. j 
. , r, „ $ Brad, tridactylus, L. the Ai, or 
. Acheus, Fr. Cuv. J three _ toed 3 sloth 
2. Bradypus, prop. { B. didactylus, L. the Unau, or 
Fr. Cuv \ two-toed sloth 
III. Dasy-< 
pus 
s 
3. Encouberts, Cuv. 
Das. 9-cinctus, L. Nine-banded 
armadillo 
„ . _ f Das. 3-cinctus, L. Three-banded 
2. Apara, Cuv ^ armadillo 
$ Das. 6 -cinctus, L. Six-banded 
\ armadillo 
4. Priodontes, Fr^Cuv. Das gigas, L. Giant armadillo 
5. Chlamyph orus, i/arZ.C. truncatus, Harl. 
J O. capensis, Illig. Cape ant- 
\ eater, or ground hog 
( M. jubata, L. Great or maned 
\ ant-eater, bear ant-eater 
f M. pentadactyla, L. Short-tailed 
\ ant-eater 
Cuv. the Spiny 
or porcupine ornitho- 
IV. Orycteropus, Geoff . . . 
Y. Myrmecophaga, L . . . 
VI. Manis, L 
v ( E. hystrix, 
C VI I. Echidna, Cuv < echidna, o 
) ^ rynchus 
j . 757 ( O. paradoxus, Blain. the Duck- 
(.VIII- Omithorynchus, Blum... | u„ ed v i atyvus 
ORDER VII. — Pachydermata. 
This order is also divided into three tribes or families, I. the Pro - 
boscidiana , or those furnished with a proboscis, including the ele- 
phant and some fossil animals; II. the common Pachydermata , 
including all the rest of the order except the horse, which belongs to 
family III., Solipeda, or solid-footed. 
Family. Genus. Example of Species. 
5 1 . Elephas, L E. Indicus, Cuv. Indian elephant 
2. Mastodon, Cuv . . .Mastodon, Cuv. (fossil) 
