. A manual of zoology for the use of students : with a general introduction on the principles of zoology . Zoology. Pig. 239.—Mcgaihernim. From the Upper Tertiaries of South America (Pleistocene). In the same way the little banded Armadillos of South America were formerly represented by_ gigantic species, con- stituting the genus Glyptodon. The Glyptodons (fig. 240) differed fi-om the living Armadillos in having no bands in their armour, so that they must have been unable to roll themselves up. * It is rare at the present day to meet with any Armadillo over two or three feet in length ; but th
. A manual of zoology for the use of students : with a general introduction on the principles of zoology . Zoology. Pig. 239.—Mcgaihernim. From the Upper Tertiaries of South America (Pleistocene). In the same way the little banded Armadillos of South America were formerly represented by_ gigantic species, con- stituting the genus Glyptodon. The Glyptodons (fig. 240) differed fi-om the living Armadillos in having no bands in their armour, so that they must have been unable to roll themselves up. * It is rare at the present day to meet with any Armadillo over two or three feet in length ; but the length of the Glyptodon davipes, from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail, was more than nine Fig. 240.—Glyptodon clavifes. Pleistocene deposits of South America. All these gigantic South American Edentates occur in Post- tertiary deposits. Older, however, than any of these is the Macrotherium. This is a gigantic Edentate, intermediate in some respects between the Pangolins and Oryderopus, and found in certain lacustrine deposits of France, of Miocene age. Order IV. Sirmia.—This order contains only the living Manatees and Dugongs, aifd is of little geological importance. The Halitherium, however, of the Eocene, Miocene, and Plio-. 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 Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. New York : D. Appleton
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