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(Hyrax or Procavia) bears a strong resemblance to certain rodents, 

 the short ears and reduced tail being especially like those of the cavies. 



FIG. 205. Dugong, Halicore dugong. (Bedrawn after Lydekker.) 



They are unlike the ungulates and like the rodents in that the incisoi 

 teeth grow from persistent pulps. In certain other respects they re- 

 semble primitive ungulates. 



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FIG. 206. Coneys or hyraces, Hyrax dbyssinicus. (From Lull, after Brehm.) 



Some of the coneys live among rocks, while others are partly ar- 

 boreal. The Scriptures describe them as "exceeding wise" and as 

 "feeble folk," but the observation that he "cheweth the cud but 



