THE PICHICIAGO. 
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encircle the same member in the other Armadillos, and is only supplied with a coating of 
brown hair. For about three inches of the extremity the under side of the tail is not even 
furnished with hair, but is quite naked, with the exception of a few rounded scales. 
TATOU . — Priodonta gigas. 
The last and largest of these animals is the Tatou, or GriAXT Armadillo (. Priodonta 
gigas). 
This creature measures more than four feet six inches in length, the head and body being 
rather more than three feet long. It is as good a 
burrower as its relatives, and is so keen in its scent 
after the food which it loves, that the inhabitants of 
the same country are forced to line the graves of 
their departed friends with boards, in order to pre- 
vent the Tatou from exhuming and devouring them. 
The teeth are very remarkable, there being from six- 
teen to eighteen small molars on each side of the 
jaws. The tail is about seventeen inches long, and 
tapers gradually to a point from the base, at which 
spot it is nearly ten inches in circumference. This 
member is covered with regularly graduating horny 
rings, and when dried and hollowed, is used as a 
trumpet by the Botocudos. The Tatou is found in 
Brazil and Surinam. 
Family Dasypodidce includes several genera. 
The Peba is the more familiar form. This is found 
in Central America as well as in South America, 
where it is called Texan Armadillo. Its length is 
about 30 inches. 
Nearly related to the armadillos is the remark- 
able little animal called the Pichiciago ( Chlamyd'o - 
phorus truncatus ), a native of Chili, which looks 
like a mixture of the mole and the armadillo. 
The top of the head, the back, and the hind quarters of the Pichiciago are covered with 
a shelly plate, which runs unbroken to the haunches, over which it dips suddenly, looking 
PICHICIAGO . — ( Chlamydophorus truncatus.) 
