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has a few fhort grey hairs growing on it: the whole upper furface is of a ferrijgmeous 
brown, the under one of this dulky blue. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies. It is frequent in the woods, where it feeds not 
only on beetles and other infe&s, but alfo on fruits. It’s flefh is not eaten, but it is 
probably as worthy a place on the table, as that of the feveral American kinds, which 
are all efteemed delicacies by the natives. Few authors have been acquainted with 
this fpecies; thofe who have, call it Tatu orientalis. 
Dafypus cingulis quatuor . 
The Dafypus , with four belts . 
Vo&izt 3Ctmaaffl0* 
This is larger than many of the other fpecies: it’s head is large, and fhorter than in 
any other ; it is broad and depreffed acrofs the forehead, and thence becomes fmaller 
to the fnout, but it is then of fome confiderable breadth, and obtufe : the gyes are 
large, black, and fomewhat prominent; the ears are fhort, ered, and patulous: the 
noftrils are narrow ; the mouth is frnall, and has about it a few hairs by way of whif- 
kers: the neck is fhort, thick, and of a kind of conic form, largeft at the joining 
with the fhoulders, and fmaller to the head : the back is broad and elevated 5 the belly 
is fomewhat prominent; the tail is fhort, and largeft at the bafe, whence it tapers very 
fwiftly to the extremity: the legs are fhort, and not very robuft, and the feet which 
are large have the toes very long, and difpofed in form of fingers. 
The head, neck, back, and tail are covered with a bony armature, of a yellowifh- 
brown colour, difpofed in the manner of fcales; the head and tail have frnall ones; the 
back is covered by only four tranfverfe pieces, which are broad, and are conneded by 
a tough fkin of a dufky colour, with a few hairs on it, ftanding up between the cre¬ 
vices : the breaft, belly, and throat, as alfo the under part of the tail, and the infides 
of the legs, are all covered with the fame firm and tough fkin, and this has alfo in 
all thofe places a few of the fame fhort brown hairs. 
This is a native of America, and it is faid to be alfo found in fome parts of Europe, 
Some of the old writers have mentioned it under the name of Chelonifcus* 
Dafypus tegmine'tripartita. 5CI )Z ‘MftltUtl 
The Dafypus , with the covering tripartitely divided,\ 
The head of this fpecies is long and flender; at the crown it has fome breadth, 
and is depreffed; thence it gradually becomes fmaller to the fnout, where if is frnall, 
but obtufe, and rounded: the eyes are little, and funk in the head ; the ears are fhort, 
but ered and patulous; the mouth is frnall, and is encompaffed with\ a kind of 
whifkers. 
The neck is moderately long and flender; the body is broad, oblong, of an ovated 
form, and elevated on the back: the tail is very fhort ; from a very large bafe it ta¬ 
pers fuddenly to a frnall point: the legs are fhort; and weak ; the feet are large ; the 
toes long and flender, and the claws alfo long and weak. 
The back is covered with a ftiff and ftrong armature, of a bony rather than a fcaly 
nature, and of a brown colour; this is divided beautifully in a tripartite order : the 
head and tail are alfo covered with the fame fort of mail: the belly and breaft are 
naked, and of a yellowifh-brown colour, and there are a few loofe hairs fcattered at 
diftances all over thefe parts. 
This is a native of Africa, and is found about the borders of rivers; it feeds on 
roots, which it gets out of the ground, as the hog does, with it’s nofe : it will alfo eat 
infeds, and fuch frnall animals as it can deftroy. The few writers who have been ac¬ 
quainted with this fpecies, have called it Tatu five Armadillo Africanus. 
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