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GENUS DASYPUS.— Linn. 
DENTAL FORMULA. 
Incisive ^ or j ; Canine jUj ; Molars varying in the several species from 28 
to 68 ; / these teeth cylindrical , separate , and without enamel on the inner side. 
Head, long ; mouth, small ; tongue, partially extensible. Body, altoge- 
ther covered with a shell, or plate armour. Four or five toes to the fore- 
feet, five toes to the hind-feet. Toes, armed with long nails for digging ; 
mammae, two or four. Tail, rather long, round. 
Stomach, simple ; intestines, without caeca. 
Habit, living in woods, on ants, roots, and putrid animals ; rolling them- 
selves up for protection ; confined to the warmer parts of America. 
Nine species belonging to this genus have been described by authors. 
The genus requires a revision, and the species will no doubt, from the 
rage which exists at present for making new genera, be greatly subdivided. 
The generic appellation is derived from Scufvg, dasus, rough, and irous, pous, 
a foot. 
DASYPUS PEBA.-Desm. 
Nine-banded Armadillo. 
PLATE CXLVI .—Male.— Natural Size. 
D. Dentibus primoribus laniariisque nullis, molaribus 32, cauda 
iereti, cingulis circumdata, ad apicem solum nuda, testa zonis mobilibus, 
auriculis longissimis. 
CHARACTERS. 
JVo incisive or canine teeth; Molars ^|=32. 
Tail, round, with rings nearly its whole length. Body, with mobile bands ; 
ears, very long. 
SYNONYMES. 
Dasypus Peba. Desm., Mammal., p. 368. 
“ Septem Cinctus, D. Qcto Oinctus, and D. Novem Cinctus. Linn. 
