CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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Africa, in the Indian FIG. m. 



Archipelago, and 

 throughout Southern 

 Asia.* 



The <" h a m o i s 

 (sham'my) inhabits the 

 Alps, living in small 

 flocks upon the giddy 

 heights where the eye 

 can scarcely detect 



-. . Bos in' d'l cvs. Zebu. (J 5 .) 



a standing-place. 



Springing diagonally down an almost perpendicular rock 



FIG. 409. 



An til ope rupicd'prd. Chamois, 



* It is not a Bison, though it has the distinctive hump, for the Bison's consists 

 of muscles that move the head, while the hump of the Zehu is composed of fat. 



