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The Giraffe Camel Buffalo 



he Giraffe. — Passing on in the accepted order we come to the 

 Ruminantia family or hoofed quadrupeds which chew the cud. 

 The species under this heading are indeed interesting. First 

 of all we find that marvelous animal the giraffe. Standing twelve feet 

 high at the fore shoulders, his head towers majestically eighteen feet in 

 the air, and the short sloping body mounted on legs seven feet long 

 seems inadequately proportioned to the long tapering neck with its 



THE GIRAFFE 



With difficulty it can reach the ground with its lips 



slender thirty-four inch head. This head is peculiar in itself. It is 

 narrow and sloping, covered with a hairy skin and terminating in a 

 tuft of black hair. The upper lip is entire and there is no muzzle. 

 The ears are large and pure white in color. The tongue is very long, 

 pointed and flexible. It may be well to explain here why the giraffe 

 possesses the peculiarities which distinguish him from all other 

 animals. His height, he is taller than any other living being that man 



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