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almost all of which are closely related. In the true ungu- 

 lates there are never more than four functional toes ; but 

 in the subgroup of Subungulata, containing the elephants 

 and certain small animals allied to the "coney' of 

 Scripture, there are typically five. Of the true ungulates, 

 we distinguish the even-toed and the odd-toed, which we 

 may consider further. 



FIG. .'301. Stone's Alaskan black sheep. Photo, of a group HI the Field 



Columbian Museum. 



The Even-toed Ungulates include the hippopotamus and 

 other pigs and the peccaries, the camels and llamas, the 

 deer, the giraffes, and the antelopes, sheep (Fig. 301), and 

 oxen. Excepting the pigs, most of these feed exclusively 

 on plants. The giraffes and antelopes are characteristic of 

 Africa; but the "mountain goat" of our highest ranges is 



