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DOMESTICATED ANIMALS 



The success which has been attained in our ordinary large 

 herbivora, and which has made them competent to evade the 



chase of the 

 ■ "^^"^ beasts of prey, 

 has been ac- 

 compHshed by 

 reducinor the 

 number of the 

 toes, giving 

 the strength of 

 the aborted 

 [jarts to in- 

 crease the 

 power of those 

 remaining. 

 The result is 

 the formation 

 (A two great 

 g roups, the 

 double -hoofed 

 forms, includ- 

 ing the pigs, 

 deer, cattle, 



^^^H ^(PIHr " '^"^^ and the single- 



toed species, oi 



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w h i c h o u r 

 horse is the foremost example. In the reduction of the 

 number of toes, different plans were followed in each of 

 these groups. In the cloven-hoofed forms, a single toe 



