38 THE CAMEL. 



There is another difference between the camels 

 and other ruminants ; the former have the sca- 

 phoid and cuboid bones of the tarsus separated. 

 Instead of the great horny case, or shoe, which 

 envelops all the lower part of each toe, and de- 

 termines the figure of the ordinary cloven hoof, 

 the camels have only a small one, or rather the 

 rudiment of one, adhering only to the last joint 

 of the toe, and symmetrical in form, like the 

 hoofs of the Pachydermata, These and other 

 peculiarities of form lead to the opinion that the 

 camels and the llamas form the link between the 

 Riimmantia and the Pachydermata^ 



" The characters of the genus may be thus 

 summed up : Lower incisors in the form of 

 cutting wedges ; upper incisors sub-lateral ; 

 canines conical, sub-erect, strong ; false molars 

 situated in the interdentary space on either side ; 

 head long; upper lip cleft; nostrils slit obliquely; 

 eyes prominent ; ears small ; neck elongated ; 

 back with fleshy bosses or hunches ; tail moder- 

 ate ; toes united below ; teats ventral, four in 

 number ; hair inclining to woolly ; callosities on 

 the breast and flexible points of the extremities ; 

 the upper lip of the camel swollen, and divided. 

 The projecting orbits of its eyes, the lengthened 

 and certainly not graceful neck, the back bossed 

 with a hump or humps, and croup comparatively 

 weak, supported on the long and awkward look- 



