SYNONYMKS OF THE HORSE. 45 



" Family. SoUpeda — nncJ eft-footed. 

 " (tenus. Equus — the horse family. 

 " A considerable discrepancy has arisen among naturalists 

 on the classification of this animal ; but the above certainly 

 appears the least objectionable that can be found. The Linnrean 

 system was certainly unsatisfactory. Linnaeus classed the horse 

 with the hippopotamus, to form a genus in order Bellu^e. By 

 Erxleben he is placed between the elephant and the dromedary. 

 Storr was the first to form a distinct order of the equine family ; 

 he placed it immediately after that of the Ruminantia, under 

 the appellation of SoUjpedes. Cuvier adopted his arrangement, 

 but subsequently placed this genus among the Pachydermata, 

 which is probably the most judicious classification attainable. 



" Dental formula. — ^Incisors, | ; canine, in the male only, 

 I \ ; molars, | = 40. 



"With the horse are ranked all those quadrupeds whose 

 generic distinction is the undivided hoof— the equine genus. 

 Equus Cabalhis, the horse. 



Equus Hemionus, of Pallas, the dziggtai, Asiatic. 

 Equus Zehra, the zebra. ] 



Equus BurchelU, I South African. 



Equus Quagga, the Quagga. j 

 Equus Asinus, the ass. 



" THE HORSE. 



" Synonymes— "l7r7ro9, Greek ; Equus, Latin ; Pferd, Ger- 

 man ; Eaard, Dutch ; Jlest, Danish ; Bcist, Swedish ; Cheval, 

 French ; Cm'allo, Italian ; CaialJo, Spanisli ; Zoschad, Eussian ; 

 Eon, Polish ; Sukh, Turkish ; ETi/sdji, Syriac ; Eomn, Arabic ; 

 Al, Toorkman ; 3la, Siamese ; Eur or Fur, Bornou ; Soudah, 

 Bezharmi ; Bilsah, Mandara ; Barree, Timbuctoo ; As, Pus- 

 too.* 



" The horse, by far the noblest of the genus, is easily distin- 

 guishable from the rest of the group. His varieties are exceed- 

 ingly numerous and difter widely in physical appearance. The 

 effects of climate and othpr agencies are displayed on his frame. 

 Zimmerman asserted, but without very evident reason, that he 



* Dr. Skinner traces the English word horse from the Belgic ros or the Teuto- 

 nic ro«z. 



