. The animal kingdom; based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others. Mammals. THE SLOTHS AND ARMADILLOS. THE EDENTATA—THE SLOTHS—THE TWO-TOED SLOTH—THE AI OR THREE-TOED SLOTH—THE SPOTTED SLOTH—THE SCALY ANT-EATERS—THE PHATAGIN—THE PANGOLIN—THE TATOUHON —THE GIANT ARMADILLO—THE TATONAY—THE ARMADILLO- THE APAR—THE PICHEOGO. THE animals constituting the present Order are the scanty sur- vivors of numerous families which, in earlier periods of the world's history, assumed vast proportions. Many of the fossil species whose bones are dug out of the bowe
. The animal kingdom; based upon the writings of the eminent naturalists, Audubon, Wallace, Brehm, Wood and others. Mammals. THE SLOTHS AND ARMADILLOS. THE EDENTATA—THE SLOTHS—THE TWO-TOED SLOTH—THE AI OR THREE-TOED SLOTH—THE SPOTTED SLOTH—THE SCALY ANT-EATERS—THE PHATAGIN—THE PANGOLIN—THE TATOUHON —THE GIANT ARMADILLO—THE TATONAY—THE ARMADILLO- THE APAR—THE PICHEOGO. THE animals constituting the present Order are the scanty sur- vivors of numerous families which, in earlier periods of the world's history, assumed vast proportions. Many of the fossil species whose bones are dug out of the bowels of the earth, were as large as the ox, the rhinoceros, and the elephant. Of the species now existing, none exceed three feet in length. These singular animals are almost confined to South America, two families are scantily represented in Africa, and one of these extends over all the East. The name, Edentata, means " toothless " ; all the order, however, are not completely devoid of teeth, although this is the case with several species; in all, the incisors ai^e wanting, and there is an empty space in front of their jaws. The teeth, in those that have any, are all alike, and have only one fang. The order is divided into^^^'f families. THE SLOTHS. The family is formed by three genera of arboreal animals, confined to the great forests of South America from Guatemala to Brazil and Eastern Bolivia. The Sloths, from their climbing habits, were for a long time classed among the monkeys. On the ground they move with extreme slowness, and this inactivity is the source of the common English name. But if we follow with our eye their motions on a tree, in the midst of those conditions of existence which are natural to 93. 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 C
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