238 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



Gen. Equus, L. 



Head oblong ; nose covered with hair ; ears moderate ; 

 body covered with fine hair: tail and neck with longer, 

 thicker hair ; teats two ; toes encircled with a single hoof. 



62. EQUUS CABALLUS, L. Hast. The Horse. D. F. 



Is met with throughout all Scandinavia, and far up into 

 Lapland. 



Horse flesh is often eaten here salted,, but I never could 

 hear of anyone who much relished it. There is something 

 unnatural to my taste in using this food. 



63. EQIJUS ASINUS, L. Asna. The Ass. D. 



Ears long; tail only on the tip covered with long 

 hair ; colour grey-black, with a black streak along the 

 back, and a cross streak over the loins. 

 Is very rare in Sweden, and I don't think that I ever 

 saw one, although they would doubtless thrive in the middle 

 and south of the country. 



OEDEE 7. EUMINANTIA. 



Quadrupeds that ruminate or chew the cud. No incisors 

 in the upper jaw, 8 broad incisors in the under. Two 

 front toes on each foot ; encircled with hoofs. 



Fam. 1. CERVINA. 

 Horns solid, branchy. Shed annually. 



CervuSj L. 



Horns peculiar to the males, except in the reindeer; 

 lachrymal sinus under each eye ; body rounded ; legs high 

 and slender; tail short; teats 4. In some species canine 

 teeth are present, but only in the upper jaw. 



With smooth more or less palmated horns. 



64. CERVUS ALOES, L. Elg. The Elk. F. 



Nose broad, covered with hair, except just a little 

 bare spot between the nostrils ; under the throat a 



