ANIMAL LIFE IN AFRICA 

 BOOK II: THE VEGETARIANS 



CHAPTER I 

 HOOFED ANIMALS 



Definition : Food Habits : Tsetse Fly and Game : 



Rinderpest and Partial Disappearance of Fly : Ticks, 



Game and Stock Disease 



THE hoofed animals of Africa include several sub-orders. 

 These contain the creatures usually classed as " big 

 game " and are (i) animals with an even number of toes 

 like antelopes (two) and hippopotami (four) ; (2) these 

 with an odd number of toes like zebras (one) and rhino- 

 ceroses (three) ; and (3) the elephant. 



The first of these sub-orders (i) is further split up into 

 four divisions : first the cud-chewing animals or ruminants, 

 buffaloes, antelopes, giraffes and the okapi (the true 

 ruminants). In all the above the front teeth have dis- 

 appeared from the upper jaw, and are replaced by a hard 

 pad, suitable, in conjunction with the tongue and lower 

 front teeth, for seizing and cropping herbage. The second 

 and third divisions contain the chevrotains and camels 

 respectively. The fourth division is made up of the 

 hippopotamus family, and the African wild swine. These 

 have front teeth in both jaws. 



The second sub-order (2) includes the rhinoceroses and 



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