210 



BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



The order can be tabulated by a comparison of the 

 hoofs and horns : 



Pe ris so dac'tyl. 



THREE TOES. 



<c 



<c 



ID 

 O 



Ta'inr. 



Ehl noc' e ros. 



. Artiodactyl.. 



ONE TOE Horse. 



f Pec 1 ca, rij. 



FOUR TOES j Hog. 



[ Hijtpupot'dmus, 



Without horns Camel. 



Horns of solid bones, naked Deer. 



Horns of solid bones, covered i , 



[ Giraffe'. 

 with skin. 



Horn core only of bone, shell 



persistent. 

 Horn core only of bone, shell 



deciduous. 



[ to. 



Prong-horn. 



The Tapir (ta'plr) 



FIG. 362. 



:_: "''- 



Til'pir us a mer i ca' mis. 



uniform black color 

 striking contrast to 

 the white back of 

 the Indian. 



The Rhinoceros 

 has a hard, naked, 

 rough skin, laid in 

 large folds, and so 

 elastic that a bullet 

 or spear-hole im- 



links the artiodactyls and perisso- 

 dactyls, its fore feet having 

 four toes and its hind feet 

 three. Flight being its 

 only means of defense, the 

 head, covered with hard 

 skin and shaped like a 

 conical wedge, is adapted 

 for clearing a way through 

 tangled brush-wood. The 



of the South American Tapir is in 



FIG. 3C.3. 



( 3 ' 6 .) 



Ta'pirw Wcol'or. Indian Archipelago. ( 3 ' 5 .) 



