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MAMMALIA. 
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Extinct Bradypodidce. — In the caves of Brazil are found three 
extinct genera of Sloths — Gmlodon, Sphenodon , and Ocholherium. 
More distantly allied, and probably forming distinct families, 
are Scelidotkerimn and Megatherium , from the caves of Brazil 
and the Pliocene deposits of La Plata and Patagonia. 
Family 72. — MANED IDiE. (1 Genus, 8 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropicai 
SUB-REGIONS, 
NE arctic 
Sub-regions. 
PaLAS ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions, 
Australian 
Sub-regions, 
1 . 2 . 3 - 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 | 
— 
The Manididas, or scaly ant-eaters, are the only Edentate 
Mammalia found out of America. They are spread over the 
Ethiopian and Oriental regions ; in the former from Sennaar to 
West Africa and the Cape ; in the latter from the Himalayas to 
Ceylon, and Eastward to Borneo and Java, as well as to South 
China, as far as Amoy, Hainan, and Formosa. They have been 
sub-divided, according to differences in the scaly covering, into 
five groups, Manis , Phatagin, Smutsia, Pholidotus and Pangolin , 
the three former being confined to Africa, the last common to 
Africa and the East, while Pholidotus seems confined to Java. 
It is doubtful if these divisions are more than sub-genera, and 
as such they are treated here. 
No extinct species referable to this family are yet known. 
Family 73.— DASYPODID^E. (6 Genera, 17 Species.) 
General Distribution, 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions, 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^: arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions, 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions, 
1 . 2 . 3 - 
The Dasypodidae, or armadillos, are a highly characteristic Neo- 
tropical family, ranging from the northern extremity of the region 
