Photo by York & Son] [Notting Hill.
WEASEL-HEADED ARMADILLO.
The weasel-headed armadillos have from six to eight movable bands in the bony armour in which they are encased.
Photo by L. Medland, F.Z.S.] [North Finchley.
HAIRY-RUMPED ARMADILLO.
This species, like the Peba Armadillo, varies its diet with carrion.
The Pangolins.
The Pangolins, or Scaly Ant-eaters, are perhaps even more curious creatures than the armadillos. They have been likened in appearance to animated spruce fir-cones, to which indeed they bear a strange resemblance. This resemblance is due to the wonderful armature of the skin, which takes the form of large overlapping, pointed, horny plates or scales. The pangolins are confined to the Old World, occurring in South Africa and South-eastern Asia. Like the American Ant-eaters, teeth are wanting, and the tongue is long and worm-like, being employed in the capture of insects, as in the New World ant-eaters.