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THE SCIENCE OF LIFE. 



The Tapir has four toes on its fore feet, and three on 

 its hind feet, a short snout, projecting nasal bones, and 

 a short tail. 



The Even-toed Ungulates the Hog, Hippopotamus, 

 and Ruminants have two or four toes. The Hog and 

 Hippopotamus have the four kinds of teeth : incisors, 

 canines, bicuspids, (or premolars,) and molars, and in the 



FIG. 167. Stag. 



wild state are vegetarian. The Ruminants have two 

 toes on each foot, enveloped in hoofs which face each 

 other by a flat side, so as to appear like a single hoof 

 split, or cloven. There may be two supplementary 

 hoofs behind, but they do not usually touch the ground. 

 All chew the cud and have a complicated stomach. 

 They have incisors in the lower jaw only, and these are 



