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transverse bands. Tiiil twelve inclies ; black, with red hairs 

 towards the tip. 



Female similar. 



Less abundant than the preceding, but common. 



6. HycBiia fenatica. The Wild Dog. Wilde Uond -/ the 

 Cape Colonists. 



Height at the shoulder under two feet ; rather lower behind. 

 Length about four feet three inches. Form sliglit; muzzle 

 pointed. Ground colour of the hair sandy bay, or ochreous 

 yellow, irregularly blotched and brindled with black and varie- 

 gated spots of exceedingly irregular shape. Face, nose, and 

 muzzle black. Tail bushy like that of a fox, divided about the 

 middle by a black ring, above which the colour is sandy, and 

 below white. 



[lunts in large organized packs. 



Order. P.\CHY DERM ATA. 



Genus. Ei.ephas. 



7. Elephas Africamis. The African Elephant. Oliphant of 

 the Dutch Colonists. JNIaclou of the Malabilt. 



Male attains the height of twelve feet at the shoulder; droops 

 behind. Extreme length between eighteen and nineteen feet. 

 Skin black, rough, and nearly destitute of hair. Tail short, 

 tufted at the end. Head rounder, forehead more convex, and 

 ears much larger than in the Asiatic Elephant. The latter 

 extremely flat, reaching to the legs, and overlapping each other 

 on the top of the neck. Five toes on all the feet. Tusks 

 arched ; between eight and nine feet in legth, and weighing one 

 hundred pounds. Female upwards of eight feet; usually pro- 

 vided with tusks about four feet in length. MammsE two, 

 placed between the fore legs. 



Solitary or gregarious in large troops. Common in the exten- 

 sive plains and forests of the interior. 



Genus. Hippopotamus. 



8. Hippop'ttamus Amphibius. The Hippopotamus. Sea Cow, or 

 Zeekoe of the Cape Colonists. Imfooboo of the Matabili and 

 Kafirs. 



Between four and live feet high at the shoulder, and from ten 



