100 CAMELID^. 



Suborder V. TYLOPODA. 



Jaws with eight cutting-teeth above and below. Horns 

 hone. Toes elongate, with a broad pad beneath. Hoofs com- 

 pressed. False hoofs none. Upper lip dependent, slightly 

 hairy. Horns and crumen none. 



Tylopoda, IlUger, Prod. p. 102. 



Camelina, Gray, Cat. Ungulata, p. 251. 



HydrophoraB, Ciray, London 3Ied. Repos. 1821, xv. p. 307. 



Fam. 25. CAMELIDtE. 



Nose produced. Upper lip dependent, naked in front, and en- 

 tirely covered with hair. Horns or crumen none. Ears elongate, 

 moderate. Cutting-teeth eight in each jaw; canine teeth in each 

 jaw. Neck long ; leg-s rather long ; thigh free by the body (like 

 those of Men and Apes). Nose-hole rather large, narrow. Inter- 

 maxillary elongate, reaching the nasals. Placenta not divided into 

 cotyledons as in the Horse and Pig. 



Camelida3, Gray, London Med. Repos. 1821, xv. p. 307 ; Ann. Sf May. 

 N. H. ser. 3, xviii. p. 326 ; Sclater, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. ser. 3, xviii. 

 p. 433. 



1. CAMELUS. 



Back with one or two humps. Tail short, tufted. Toes broad ; 

 sole nearly orbicular, only separated in front. Grinders &, the an- 

 terior one isolated, conical, like a canine. Eastern hemisphere. 



Camelus, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 252, t. 23 (skull). 



1. Camelus arabicus. (The Sghimel or Dromedary.) B.M. 



Back with a single hump. 



Camelus arabicus, Gray, Cat. Ungtd. B. M. p. 252. 



Hah. Deserts of Arabia. Naturalized in North and West Africa, 

 India, and South Europe. 



2. Camelus bactrianus. (The Mecheri or Camel.) B.M. 

 Back with two humps. 



Camelus bactrianus, Gray, Cat. Ungid. B. M. p. 253, t. 23. f. 3, 4 



(skull). 



Hab. Mongolian deserts. 



