COMPENDIUM OF GENERIC DISTINCTIONS. 
Genus.—Asinus. | 
Tail with long hair only at extremity. Hind-leg without | 
inner wart. Neck maned. 
Habitat.—All the Old World. 
Family —EvLErHANTID 2. 
Feet either ungulate, or furnished with flat and angular 
nails. Molars in both jaws, with’very broad crowns ; incisors 
and canines sometimes absent. Skin mostly very thick, and 
generally with scanty hair. 
Sub-family.—Elephantine. 
- Teeth.—I. = = very long and projecting—Canines none 
—Molars eee long, with elongated crowns. Nose 
produced into proboscis. Feet with five toes, 
Genus.—Elephas. 
Teeth.—M. = formed of a series of laminze, succeeding 
each as they are worn. 
Habitat.—Asia and Africa. 
Sub-family.—Tapirina, 
Incisor, canine, and molar teeth in both jaws. Three or 
four toes on fore-feet, three on hind-feet. Nose developed 
into a small proboscis. 
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Fore-feet with four ae Tail very short. 
Habitat.—Asia and America. 
Teeth. 
Sub-family.—Suina. 
Feet mostly with four toes, hinder feet sometimes with 
three toes. Nose abruptly truncated, not forming proboscis, 
Tail short, or almost absent. 
Genus.—Sus. 
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Teeth.—I. =i or = 
Canines of lower jaw directed upward. Molars with tu- 
bercles. 
Feet with four toes. Tail short. 
Habitat.—Nearly the whole world. 
lower incisors directed forward. 
Genus.—Phacocherus. 
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Teeth.—Molars wit — or Fa) 
Canines very large. A large wart under each eye. 
Habitat.—A frica. 
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Genus.—Dicotyles. 
Teeth. =n =— M. = = with tubercles. Upper canines 
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directed een ah not projecting. Tubercle for tail. | 
Hind-feet with three toes, Odoriferous gland in back. 
Habitat.—Brazils. 
Teeth.—Canines none, molars mostly a 
Sub-family.—Rhinocerina. 
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“horns” on nose and forehead. Feet with three 
Skin very thick, and hanging in folds. 
Upper lip rather extensile, and very mobile. 
Genus.—Rhinéceros. 
composed of aggregated longitudinal fibres. 
Habitat.—Asia and Africa. 
Teeth.—I. 4 
Genus—Hyrax. 
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, canines none, molars six or seven on each 
side of each j ‘fo ARR with four toes, hind with three. 
nines large. Molars in adult —— Ore 
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Feet with four toes. Short hoofs. Tail short. 
Genus.—Hippopotamus (as the Sub-family). 
Habitat.—Southern Africa. 
Order.—_EDENTATA. 
Hoofs small and flat, somewhat resembling claws. Tubercle 
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Habitat.—Asia and Africa. 
Sub-family.—Hippopotamind. 
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Teeth.—I. 5 = 2. Ca- 
Teeth, none in forepart of jaws, sometimes wholly 
wanting. When present they are not enamelled, and are 
rootless. Feet furnished with strong curved claws. 
Teeth, when present, small and similar. 
Family.—DAsyPm. 
and snout long and narrow. 
Teeth none, 
edged scales, 
Sub-family.—Manina. 
Head produced 
Body and tail covered with horny, sharp- 
overlapping each other. Tongue round, and 
yery long. Tail long. 
Genus.—Manis (as the Sub-family). 
Habitat.—Asia and Africa. 
Sub-family.—Dasypina. 
Teeth small and cylindrical, rootless in both jaws. 
covered with rows of scales, arranged in bands ; 
the scales and bands. 
Feet with five toes. Tail short. Body very convex. 
Genus.—Dé&sypus. 
Habitat.—South America. 
‘Teeth none. 
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Sub-family.—Myrmecophagina, 
Body covered with thick, coarse hair. 
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