EXTINCT ANIMALS 



larger horns than a giraffe, has this same bi- 

 foliate canine on each side in the lower jaw 

 (Fig. Ill), and is shown, by this and other facts 

 in its structure, to be clearly related to the living 

 giraffe. Another creature from the Miocene strata 



b'iG. 112. — Photograph of a restored skull of the ISivatherium 

 from the Miocene strata of the Sewalik Hills, India. The 

 antler-like branching horns contrast with the corresponding 

 simple horns of the giraffe. 



of the isle of Samos — the Samotherium (Fig. 

 113) — has also the bifid lower canines, and is 

 closely allied to giraffes. The entire skeleton 

 of a giraffe-like animal with a moderate length 



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