3*6 ARMADILL O. 
lived here feme time : it was fed with raw beef and 
milk, but refufed our grains and fruit *. 
256. Twelve Tatu live Armadillo Africamrs foandeS' dsBujjhn, X. 218. tab. xL 
landed. Seb . Mu/. I. tab. xxx. Jig. 3, 4. Cataphradhts {cutis 'dachas, bill- 
Le Kab&ffou, ou Tatou a douze gulls duodeicim Brijjhn quad. 27* 
A. with broad upright ears: the cruft on the fhoul- 
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ders marked with oblong pieces ; that of the rump 
hexangular: twelve bands on the Tides: five toe's, 
with very large claws, on the fore feet * five leifenon 
the hind: tail fiiorter than the body: forne hairs 
fcattered over the body. 
M. de Bujfon f mentions another of twelve bands* 
with a tail covered with rhomboid figures, which he 
is doubtfull whether to refer to this fpecies* It is 
the largeft I ever heard of, being from nofe to tail 
two feet ten inches long; the tail about'one foot 
eight: by the figure, (for I never faw the animal) it 
varies greatly from the other, 
* This corroborates what Mardgrqve fays of one of tliefe animals, 
Cmiculos, 'awes mortuas aliaque deworant; which is very Extraordinary 
in quadrupeds which want both cutting and canine teeth, 
f P. 256. fab, xli, 
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