202 GIRAFFE CHAP. 
the long neck, which, nevertheless, consists of only the normal 
seven vertebrae, and by the “horns” which differ from those of all 
other Ruminants; they are small bony prominences of the frontal 
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bones, which become fused with the skull, and which are covered 
with unmodified skin. They are not shed. Between them is a 
median prominence. This cranial armature is present in the 
female as well as in the male, and is well developed even in the 
