106 ORDER OF RUMINANTTA. 



than the Ass, and is marked on the head, neck and trunk by alter- 

 nately wide and narrow black stripes upon an Isabella or bay 

 ground. His legs and tail are white.] 



LESSON X. 



ORDER OF RUMINANTIA Zoological Characters. Peculiarities 

 of their organization humiliation. 



RUMINANTS WITHOUT HORNS. Genus of Camels. Camels proper- 

 ly so callea. Peculiarities of organization. Habits and uses. 

 Camel with one hump, Cairn I with two humps. llamas, 

 (Guanaco,Vicnnia) Genus of Mwks. 



RUMINANTS WITH HORNS Genus of Stags. Deer. Habits, 

 (Fallow Deer, Common ''Stag, liocbuck, Kein-Deer, Elk.) 

 Genus of Giraffes. Genus of Jlntelofses, (Gazelle, Chamois.) 

 Genus of Goats, ( Wild Goat, Bouquetin or Ibex, Domestic 

 Goat.) 



ORDER OF RUMINANTIA. 



1. All the animals belonging to this order, seem to have been 

 constructed on the same model. Their name is derived from the 

 circumstance of chewing the cud. 



2. They all have incisors only in the lower jaw, always eight 

 in number. 



3. They have on each foot two toes enveloped in two hoofs, 

 which apply one to the other, by their internal sides, so that their 

 feet have the appearance of being cleft or cloven. 



4. The two bones of the metacarpus, and of the metatarsus, 

 are joined in a single one, which is called the canon bone. 



5. They are all herbivorous and have four stomachs. ( Plate 6. 

 fig. 4 and 5.) The first and largest is called the paunch (rumen,) 

 the second is named honey-comb, or bonnet, (reticulum,) the 

 tnird the leaflet, the Many plies, or the Omasum, (psalterium,) and 

 the fourth the Caillette (abomamsj or rennet-bag. 



1. From what circumstance do animals of the order of Ruminantia 

 derive the name? 



2. What is remarked of their incisor teeth 1 



3. How many toes have Ruminants? 



4. What is the Canon bone ? 



5. What is the peculiarity of the digestive apparatus of the Ruminantia* 



