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SUBKINGDOM VEETEBRATA. 



Fig. 120. 



Fig. 131. 



Rhinoceros wucorrtis, One-horned Rhinoceros, India. $. 



Rhinocerotidae. * The Rhinoceros, paradoxical as it may 

 seem, possesses a skeleton more nearly allied to the horse 



than any other hoofed 

 quadruped. It has a 

 hard, naked, rough skin, 

 laid in large folds, and 

 so elastic that a bullet 

 or spear -hole imme- 

 diately closes, thus 

 stanching the wound. 



Rhinoctroe bicornis, Two-horned Rhinoceros. The horn is Composed 



of agglutinized hairs, 

 !** and, being attached 



* Closely allied to the rhi- 

 noceros in structure is the 

 Hyrax, the only genus of the 

 order Hyracoidea. The Da- 

 man, in its various species, 

 is a rabbit-like animal found 

 in Syria, Mozambique, and 

 Southern Africa. A timid 

 creature, it hides itself in the 

 clefts of the rocks, and is, 

 doubtless, the Coney of Scrip- 

 Hyrax syri&cus, Daman. . ture (Proverbs xxx, 26). 



Africa. S V 



