OR ANIMALS WITH BLOOD. 



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No well-authenticated instances of mules or other hybrids 

 of the equine family breeding among themselves seem to 

 have been recorded, but the female mule has been known to 

 breed with the horse and the ass. The Ancients strongly 

 believed in the sterility of mules, and it is related by 

 Herodotus that one of the Babylonians expressed surprise at 

 the Persians continuing the siege of Babylon, saying that 

 they would have to wait till mules brought forth young, but, 

 adds Herodotus, in the twentieth month, one of the baggage 

 mules of Zopyrus did bring forth a foal.* 



Aristotle speaks of the wild ass and also the half ass of 

 Syria (Hemionos), but it is probable that these are asses of 

 one and the same species, the wild ass of western Asia 

 (Equus hemionus) . 



The remaining viviparous animals with feet, which 

 Aristotle preferred to describe singly, are given in the 

 following tables, the first of which includes those animals 

 which can be identified satisfactorily, and the second those 

 about the identity of which there is much uncertainty. In 

 a few instances more than one name is used for the same 

 animal. 



TABLE I. 



Ailouros (Cat) 



Alopex (Fox) 



Arktos (Bear) 



Aspalax (Mole) 



Dasypous (Hare) 



E chinos (Hedgehog) 



Eleios (Dormouse) 



Elephas (Elephant) 



Enydris (Otter) 



Gale (Beech Marten) 



Glanos (Hyaena) 



Hippos-potamios (Hippopotamus) 



Hyaina (Hyaena) 



Hys (Pig) 



Hystrix (Porcupine) 



Ichneumon (Mongoose) 



Kapros (Boar) 



TABLE II. 



Kastor (Beaver) 

 Kebos (Monkey, tailed) 

 Kuon (Dog) 

 Kynocephalos (Baboon) 

 Lagos (Hare) 

 Latax (Beaver) 

 Leon (Lion) 

 Lukos (Wolf) 

 Lynx (Lynx) 

 Mus (Mouse) 

 Nykteris (Bat) 

 Panther (Leopard) 

 Pardalis (Leopard) 

 Phoke (Seal) 

 Pithekos (Barbary Ape) 

 Thos (Jackal) 



Alopex (Fox-Bat) 

 Choiropithekos (Drill) 

 Iktis (Weasel) 

 Mantichora (Bengal Tiger) 



My gale (Shrew-mouse) 

 Satherion (Beaver) 

 Satyrion (Beaver) 

 Tigris (Tiger) 



* iii. 151-3. 



