GIRAFFID& 



33i 



enamel : the upper ones having no inner accessory column. Lateral 

 digits entirely absent on both tore and hind feet, even the hoofs 

 not developed. Humerus with double bicipital groove. Vertebrae : 



Fig. 136. — The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). 



C 7, D 14, L 5, S 3, C 20. Gall-bladder generally absent. Male 

 reproductive organs and placenta of a Bovine type. Dentition : 



* i> c t> P f , m f . 



Giraffa. 1 — The Giraffe (G. camelopardalis) is the sole existing 

 representative of the genus, now confined to the Ethiopian region. 



1 Zimmermann, Geograph. Gcschichtc, vol. ii. p. 125(1780). 



