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MAMJviALlA. BRUTA. Dafypiis. 
g. DASYPUS. Tujks ot grinders fhort, cy- 
lindrical, in each jaw 7 — -8 ; body co- 
vered with a bony fhell interfered by 
zones. 
Thefe feed ori roots, melons, potatoes; fldli, fifli, inlbfts and 
wonns; reil by day, wander by night; burrow in the 
ground ; gentle ; defend theralelves by roiling into a globular 
form ; chiefly inhabit South America ; and the females bring 
forth every month ; flelh eatable. 
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Bands 3, moveable; toes five^ Three-handed Armadillo. 
Inhabits Brazil: feeds on fruits and poultry. 
Middle-iand narrow ; fcales knobbed on the furface ; eyes fmall ; 
ears fhort, rounded ; head oblong, covered by a helmet of one 
piece ; 2 middle dams of the fore-feet large : length r foot; 
Q.'tadri. 
Hindus, 
Bands 4. » Four-handed ArniadSUo. 
Habitation unknown ; a very Uncertain fpecies. 
‘•'^<:>ridus. Bands 6 ; feet 5-toedi Six-handed Armadillo. 
Inhabits South America ; eatable, feeds oil fruits and roots, 
infells plantations. 
Sody redaifa-3'ellow; teef/i 18 ineach jaw; nec 4 covered with 
a fhield ; penis fplral, glands coinprelfed, thickened at the 
edge. 
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tindns. 
Bands y ; toes dn the fore-feet 4 j on the hind-feet 5. 
Seven-handed Armadillo. 
Inhabits India, and South America. 
Shield on the fhouldcr notched on the fore-part ; Jkin between 
the bands brown. 
^ uctJic. Bands 8 ; fliields 2; , Eight-handed Armadillo, 
Inhabits Brazil; flefh delicious. 
Shields fprinkled with prominent white knobs ; hands marked 
triangularly; iucA iron-grey ; jfdw whltifh-grey fpotted with 
iron-grey ; belly whitifh. 
Govern- Bands 9 ; fore-feet 4-toed, hind-feet 5-toed. 
^‘ndus. Nine-handed Armadillo '. 
Inhibits South America: flefh delicate. 
Cru/l on the fhoulders, rump and head marked with fix-nded 
figures; . divifions of the bands with tranfverfe wedge-like' 
marks. . ■ 
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