SOS 



CAMELOPAJIDALIS. CAMELOPARDI. 



Generic Character. 



Cornua pcllc setosa tccta, 

 apice fascicule pilorum ter- 

 minata. 



Denies Primores inferiores 

 octo, spatulati, extimo ex- 

 tcrne profundc bilobo. 



Horns permanent, bony, co- 

 vered with a bristly skin. 



Front-teeth in the lower jaw 

 eight; the exterior one on 

 each side deeply bilobate. 



GIRAFFE. 



Camelopardalis Giraffa. C. albida, macul'u tvbquadratu fusco- 



jcrrugineis, cornibus testosis apice truncatis. 

 Whitish Camelopardi, with squarish ferruginous-brown spots, 



and bristly horns, truncated at the tip. 

 Cervus Camelopardalis. Ijn. Sytt. Nat. p. 92. 

 Camelopardalis GirafFa. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 181. 

 Camelopardalis. Gem. Quadr. p. 160. Aldr. bituk. p. 927. 

 Camelus Indicus. Jonst. Quadr. t. 40. 

 Gyraffa. Bellon. obt.p. nS.f.p. 119. 

 Giraffa. Nitremb. Klein. Brut. Src. 

 Giraffe. Buff. 13. p. i. and Svppl. 3. p. 320. pi. 64. and Sitppl. 



7. p. 345. pi. 81. 

 Camclopard Giratfe. Pennant Qua Jr. i.p. 6$. pi. xi. 



IF height alone constituted precedency among 

 quadrupeds, the Giraffe, as Mons. Vaillant, one 

 of its latest and most accurate describers, has well 

 observed, would undoubtedly claim the lirst rank; 



