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$Title{Genus Dasypus.--Linn.}
$Subject{Genus Dasypus. --Linn.; Dasypus; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of North America:  Volume III}
$Volume{Vol. 3:220}
$Genus{Dasypus}
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                       A U D U B O N ' S   M A M M A L S

                    By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.

                                      AND

                     The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.

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                                   VOL.  III.
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                             GENUS DASYPUS.--LINN.


                                DENTAL FORMULA.

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     Incisive - or -; Canine ---; Molars varying in the several species from
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28 to 68; these teeth cylindrical, separate, and without enamel on the inner
side.

     Head, long; mouth, small; tongue, partially extensible.  Body, altogether
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
themselves 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 [dasus], dasus, rough, and [pous],
pous, a foot.