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GIRAFFE 



the long neck, which, nevertheless, consists of only the normal 

 seven vertebrae, and by the " horns " which differ from those of all 

 other Kuminants ; they are small bony prominences of the frontal 



FIG. 159. Giraffe. Giraffa camelopardalis. x^ . 



bones, which become fused with the skull, and which are covered 

 with unmodified skin. They are not shed. Between them is a 

 median prominence. This cranial armature is present in the 

 female as well as in the male, and is well developed even in the 



