RUMINANTIA : CAVICORNIA. 



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The home of the Giraffe is the deserts of Africa. This 

 remarkable animal is covered with short hair of a gray 

 color, and handsomely marked with spots and patches of 

 light and dark brown. 



By its whole structure the Giraffe is fitted for subsist- 

 ing upon food which grows high above the surface of the 

 ground. By means of its long neck and curious prehen- 

 sile tongue it is able to secure leaves which grow at the 

 height of twenty feet ! The Giraffe is therefore wholly 

 independent of ordinary pasturage. Indeed, it cannot 

 feed from the surface of the ground, except with very 

 great difficulty, and it rarely attempts to lower its head 

 to the ground, except to drink. 



Giraffes live together in small herds of about twenty 

 in number. They are mild in their disposition, and very 

 timid, and on the approach of danger seek safety in 

 flight. 



Fig- 55- 



Camel, C- dromedarius, Linn. 



OR CAMEL FAMILY. This Famil com- 



