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MAMMALIA. 
form of cutting wedges; the superior ones lateral; canines coni¬ 
cal, strong, and erect; false grinders on each side of the inter¬ 
dentary space ; head long; nostrils slit obliquely, and closing at 
will; upper lip cleft; eyes large, projecting; ears small; neck 
very long, bent; feet with toes only free ; back with one or 
two callous fleshy hunches ; breast with callosities, and flexures 
on the extremities; hair woolly; tail medium length ; four 
ventral mammae. 
Camelus Bactrianus. — The Bactrian Camel. 
Plate XXVIII. fig. l. 
Back with two hunches ; hair plentiful on the upper part of 
the neck; generally brown. About ten feet long. Its original 
country not known. Inhabits, in a domesticated condition, Per¬ 
sia, Tartary, Turkey, and China. 
Camelus dromedarius. — The Dromedary, or Arabian Camel. 
Plate XXVIII. fig. 2. 
Back with one hunch ; fur of a pale fawn-coloured brown. 
About eight feet long. Original country unknown. Domesti¬ 
cated in Arabia, Turkey, and Italy. 
Genus 2.—Auchenia. — Illiger. 
Generic Character —Incisors canines J-J, false grinders 
true grinders ; total 32. Teeth resembling those of the 
Camel; muzzle not much produced ; upper lip cleft; eyes large 
and brilliant; ears long, pointed, and mobile ; neck slender, ver¬ 
tical ; feet with two toes, provided with crooked nails ; soles of 
the feet callous; breast and knees with callosities; tail short; 
two ventral mammae. 
Auchenia glama. — The Llama. — White Variety. 
Plate XXIX. fig. 3. 
Hair long, white, and soft; head long; forehead slightly pro¬ 
tuberant, joining the forehead without a sensible interruption ; 
tail short; legs slender. Length nearly six feet; height about 
