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HIPPOPOTAMUS. HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



Generic Character. 



Denies Primores in utraque 

 maxilla quatuor: superi- 

 ores per paria, remoti : in- 

 feriores prominentes, in- 

 termediis longioribus. 



Laniarli solitarii, inferiores 

 longissimi oblique truncati, 

 recurvati. 



Pedes margine unguiculati. 



Front-teeth in each jaw four: 

 the superior ones standing 

 distant, by pairs : the in- 

 ferior prominent, the two 

 middle ones longest. 



Canine-teeth solitary, those of 

 the lower jaw extremely 

 large, long, curved, and 

 obliquely truncated. 



Feet armed at the margin 

 with four hoofs. 



AMPHIBIOUS HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



Hippopotamus Amphibius. H. pedibus quadrilobis. Lin. Syst. 



Nat. p. 101. 



Ash-coloured Hippopotamus, with four-lobed feet. 

 Hippopotamus. Pliny. Gesn. Aldrw. Jonst. fyc. fyc. 

 Hippopotamo. Zerenghi monogr. 

 Hippopotame. Buff. 12. p. aa. pi. 3. and Suppl. 6. p. 68. pi. 



4,5- 

 Hippopotame. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 167. 



JL H E Hippopotamus is an animal which, from 

 its superior size, and peculiar manner of life, ap- 

 pears, like the Elephant, to have attracted the ob- 



