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sive ; toes five on each foot, included in 

 hard skin. 



3. FAMILY. Tapirs (Tapiridse). Nose lengthened 

 into a short proboscis of considerable flexi- 

 bility and prehension; six incisors and 

 two canines in each jaw ; fore feet have each 

 four toes, hind three, cased in small hoofs 

 at tip. 



4 FAMILY. Hogs (Suidse). Muzzle long, narrow, 

 and truncate ; nose mobile ; incisors vari- 

 able ; canines large and projecting, those of 

 upper jaw turned up, lower longer, often very 

 angular, recurved ; skin covered with strong, 

 stiff hair ; tail rather short, or none ; legs 

 rather short ; feet with four toes furnished 

 with hoofe, the two middle toes being consi- 

 derably the largest, postero-lateral pair small 

 and scarcely reaching the ground. 



5. FAMILY. Rhinoceri (Rhinocerotidse). Skin of 



extraordinary strength and thickness, often 

 arranged in folds ; nose furnished with one 

 or more formidable recurved horns ; upper 

 lip long and flexible ; toes three in number 

 ; g on each foot, shod with blunt hoofs. 



6. FAMILY. Damans. (Hyracidse). Form some- 



what like the Rodents ; size not exceeding 

 that of a Hare ; muzzle and ears short ; tail 

 a mere tubercle ; body clothed with fur ; two 

 incisors in upper jaw, four in lower ; three 

 or four toes to each of fore feet, three to 

 hind, united by the skin to the nails, which 



