. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 130 VEKTEBRATA: MAMMALIA. The Pangolins or Scaly Anteaters or Manidae of the Eastern hemisphere, are edentates which are covered with plates or scales arranged like tiles on a roof. The edentates known as Sloths or Bradypodidse of South America are formed for living upon trees. They are of the size of the domestic cat or larger, and their forward limbs are very long, their mammae pectoral, tail wanting or very short, and their hair long and coarse. With their long arms and long claws, they cling firmly around the branches of trees, and they almost a
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 130 VEKTEBRATA: MAMMALIA. The Pangolins or Scaly Anteaters or Manidae of the Eastern hemisphere, are edentates which are covered with plates or scales arranged like tiles on a roof. The edentates known as Sloths or Bradypodidse of South America are formed for living upon trees. They are of the size of the domestic cat or larger, and their forward limbs are very long, their mammae pectoral, tail wanting or very short, and their hair long and coarse. With their long arms and long claws, they cling firmly around the branches of trees, and they almost always keep on the under side of the branch. In this position they move and repose in perfect security. On the ground they move awkwardly and with difficulty. Sloth-like edentates, as the Megatherium, Mylodon, etc., have been found fossil, and of the most enormous dimen- sions, in the superficial deposits of South America. The skeleton of the Megatherium is eighteen feet long, and the thigh bone is about three times as thick as that of an Elephant! This animal was a huge ground Sloth. These and the living Sloths belong to the sub-order of TAEDI- GEADA. None of the Edentates are more remarkable than the t Fir;. Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasyptis iiovem-cinctus, Lirmreus. Armadillos or Dasypodidse which are at once distinguish- ed from all other mammals by their bony armor, or os- sified exo-skeleton, as it is called. This armor is not a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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