MAMMALIA. 
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e-e ; total 38. Canines or tusks projecting from the mouth; a 
vacant interval in the upper jaw before the canines, into which 
the under teeth enter; the two lower outer canines smaller, 
separated from the intermediate ones by a vacant space; fore 
feet with four toes ; hind feet with three, only two of which rest 
upon the ground; on the back a glandular opening, from which 
exudes a fetid humour; a tubercle in place of a tail. 
Dicotyles Sub-Niger. — The Collared Peccary. 
Plate XXIX. fig. 1. 
Hair yellowish-gray, each bristle having alternate rings of 
straw-colour and black; a black mane extends from the ear to 
the rump; face yellowish, grizzled; nose projecting consider¬ 
ably, very moveable; a yellow line runs from the mane across 
the shoulders, and terminates in the breast; ears very short and 
pointed. Length three feet. Inhabits South America. 
Division II.—Toes mostly unequal in number on the hind 
feet, and frequently so on the fore feet. 
Genus 8.—Anoplotherium. — Cuvier. 
Fossil. 
Generic Character. —Incisors canines J-j, molars 7-7. to¬ 
tal 44. Teeth all in one line; general form supposed to be 
intermediate between the rhinoceros and horse ; feet with two 
toes ; grinders arranged in uniform lines. 
Anoplotherium vulgaris. — The Greater Anoplotherium. 
Plate XXIII. fig. 5. 
Represents the supposed shape of the animal, judging from 
the structure of the bones. 
Genus 9. — Rhinoceros. — Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—Either no incisory teeth, or \ or *; des¬ 
titute of canines; grinders or ; total 32. The incisors 
are unequal among themselves, when they exist; the anterior 
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