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as far as the legs; cheek-teeth marked by lozenge-shaped lines 

 of enamel. Length from nose to root of tail about sixteen feet ; 

 common height from twelve to thirteen feet at the shoulder, 

 rather less behind. 



Inhabits Africa, — common in the Interior of South Africa. 



Elephas Capensis, Cuvier. Mem de I' Instit. 



Obs. M. F. Cuvier has established a new genus, to receive this species, 

 under the name Loxodonta. Histoire Nuturelle des Mummiferes, avic des 

 Figures origiiiales; desAnes d'apres des Anivmux Vivans ; S^-c- Par M. M. 

 Geofl'roy Saint-Hillaire et F. Cuvier, Levraisons 52de at 53eme. 



Fam. PACHYDERMATA jyroper. 



Genus Hippopotamus. Linnaeus. 



Incisors \, ca7nnes\^, molars}^, — 40. Upper incisors thick, 

 sJiort, conical, andbenl invjards; lower ones cylindrical, directed 

 obUquebj forward, the interwediaie ones strongest ; canines 

 greatly developed, forming strong tusks, curved upwards ; the 

 three or four first cheek-teeih conical and simple; the rest 

 irregular, and with fat crowns edged with elevated ridges of 

 enamel; head thick and square ', muizle very large; eyes and 

 ears small; body thick and heavy ; legs short, terminated with 

 four toes; tail short; mammce two, ventral; skin almost without 

 hair. 



Hippopotamus amphibius, Liimreus. (Sea Cow.) With the 

 exception of a few scattered bristly hairs upon the lips, fore- 

 Inad, crown of head, edges of ears, and extremity of tail, this 

 animal is entirely without covering. Skin rough and hard ; the 

 head, sides, and under-parts of neck, bieast, and groins, a dull 

 pink red ; belly obscure white tinted with red or reddish white ; 

 the rest of body and extremities dusky or greyish black ; eyes 

 chocolate brown with a lightish ring round the pupil. Length 

 from ten to eleven feet ; height from four to five feet. 



Iidiabits the rivers of Africa. 



Obs. Desmaret malces two species of ibis genus, founded upon the 

 characters of skulls of specimens from different parts of Africa. The on<j 

 he calls H, Capensis, the other H. Seiiegalensis. 



Genus Sus. LinncBus. 

 Incisors \ or §, canines \ -}, molars ? ?, — 42 or 44. The hwer 

 incisors directed obliquely forwards, the upper ones conical; 

 canines projecting out of the mouth, the upper ones frequently 

 bent upwards; molars tuberculous ; four toes on all the feet, the 

 two middle ones only touching the ground, armed wiih strong 

 hoofs; nose elongated, cartilaginous: mammce twelve. Body 

 covered with a thick shin furnish' d tvith a bristly hair, 



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