THE FIVE-HORNED GIRAFFE 



calls the five-horned giraffe. The ordinary 

 giraffe has a pair of short bony outgrowths or 

 so-called horns on the parietal region of the 

 skull and a single horn of similar character 

 between the eyes. But the five-horned giraffe 

 has an additional short pair of outgrowths at 



Fig. 110. — Photograph of the skull of the five-horned Giraffe. 



the back of the head. All these " horns " in 

 the giraffe are covered in life with living skin. 

 There is no horny covering to them, nor do 

 they grow through the skin and project as naked 

 bone, as do the antlers of deer. The skull of 

 the five-horned giraffe is seen in Fig. 110. 

 Whilst the two hinder knobs, or horns, are real 



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