CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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having two sharp projecting upper canines. It furnishes 



the musk of commerce, which it secretes in a kind of sac. 



The Giraffe (gi raf') inhabiting the arid regions of 



Africa, where herbage quickly disappears after the rainy 



FIG. 395. 



G'a mel o par' da lia gi raf fa. Giraffe. ( S V) 



FIG. 396. 



Giraffe's head from the back. 

 FIG. 397. 



Head of a Giraffe, showing tongue. 



season, is adapted by its long neck* to browse upon the 

 branches of trees. There is an apparent difference in the 

 length of the fore and hind legs ; but the heads of the 

 humerus and femur are on a level, and the great height 

 of the fore-shoulder is caused by the length of the scapula 



* Seven the typical number of cervical vertebrae for all mammals is not, 

 however, varied from, 



