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MAMMALIA. 
canines small; posterior ones progressively increasing; eyes 
small, lateral, and placed far back ; as are also the ears, which 
are long and narrow; nose with one or two erect inflected horns; 
feet with three toes; tail short, laterally compressed near the 
end ; skin very thick, naked, and rugose ; mammae two. 
Rhinoceros Indicus. —The Indian Rhinoceros. 
Plate XXV. fig. 5. 
Nose with one horn ; two incisors in each jaw, with a small 
tooth on each side in the upper jaw ; skin forming several large 
and deep folds. Length ten feet; height about five feet. In¬ 
habits India, on the banks of the Ganges and Burrampooter. 
Rhinoceros Africanus. —The African Rhinoceros. 
Plate XXV. fig. 6. 
Nose with two erect horns, the upper one smallest; no inci¬ 
sors in either jaw ; skin black, without folds. 
Genus 10. —Hyrax. — Hermann. 
Generic Character .—Incisors no canines, grinders jjj-7 . 
total 32. Incisors large and bent, with a vacant space between 
them and the grinders ; anterior grinders in the upper jaw, with 
flat crowns, the others slightly concave ; posterior lower grinders 
having a transverse central ridge on the crown ; fore feet with 
four or three toes ; hind feet with four toes; nails small and 
flat; head large, round; muzzle short; nostrils oblique ; ears 
large and rounded ; eyes small; no tail; fur of two kinds, short 
and woolly, and long and silky; six mammae, two pectoral and 
four ventral. 
Hyrax Capensis. —The Cape Hyrax. 
Plate XXIX. fig. 2. 
Fur grayish-brown above, whiter underneath; inside of the 
ears white; four toes on all the feet. Length about two feet 
six inches; height eight inches. Inhabits the Cape of Good 
Hope. This is the Coney of the Sacred Writings. 
