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Eighth Order: THE TOOTHLESS ANIMALS. Edentata. 381. 



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First Family : Sloths (Bradypo- 



didte) 381 



1.— Genus : Two-toed Sloths (Cho- 



laepus) 382 



Unau (C. didaclylus) .... 382 

 2.— Genus : Three-toed Sloths (Bra- 



dypus) 382 



Ai (B. tridaclylus) 382 



Second Family: Ant-Eaters (Myr- 



mecophagidcr) 386 



1. — Genu* : Ant Bears (Myrmeco- 



phaga) 3S6 



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Great Ant- Eater (M. jubata) 386 

 2. — Genus : Tree-Climbing Ant-Eat- 

 ers ( Tamandua) 387 



Tamandua (T. tetradactyla) . 387 

 3. — Genus. — Little Ant- Eaters (Cy- 



cloturus) 



Two-toed Ant- Eater (C. didac- 

 tylus) 388 



Third Family : Armadillos (Dasy- 



podidce) 388 



1. — Genus : Armadillos Proper (Da- 



sypus) 389 



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Tatupoyu (D. villosus) . . . 389 

 Six-banded Armadillos (D. 



sexcinclus) 389 



2. — Genus : Three-banded Armadil- 

 los ( Tolypeutes) 391 



Three-bauded Armadillo ( T. 



tr ici net us) 391 



3. — Genus: Priodons (Priodon) . .391 

 Giant Tatu {P. gigas) .... 392 

 4. — Genus : Cloaked Armadillos 



(Chlamydophorus) 392 



Bichociego (C. truncatus) .. . 392 



Ninth Order: THE ELEPHANTS. Proboscidea. 397. 



Family: Elephants (Elephantidce.) 



Genus: Elephants (Elephas) . . 397 



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 Asiatic Elephant (E. asiati- 

 cus) 397 



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African Elephant (E. africa- 

 nus) 398 



Tenth Order: THE ODD-TOED ANIMALS. 



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First Family: Horses (Equidcs) . . 405 

 Genus: Horses (Equus) .... 405 



Tarpan .■ 406 



Cimarrones 406 



Mustang 409 



Arabian 409 



Trakehnen 410 



English Thoroughbred . . . .410 



Anglo- Arab 410 



American Trotting Horse . . .411 



Percheron 411 



Shetland Pony 411 



Koulan (E. kemionus) . . . .413 

 Onager (E. onager) . . ..415 

 Domestic Ass {E. asinus) . . . 415 

 African Wild Ass (E. asinus 

 africanus) 415 



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Somal Ass (E. asinus somali- 



cus) 416 



Mule (E. mulus) 418 



Hinny (E, hinnus) 418 



Quagga {E.quagga) ... 419 



Burchell's Zebra (E. burchel- 



lii) 419 



Zebra (E. zebra) 419 



Second Family : Tapirs ( Tapirida) 420 



Genus : Tapirs ( Tapirus) .... 422 

 Malayan Tapir ( T. indicus . . 422 

 American Tapir (T. america- 

 nus) 422 



Third Family : Rhinoceroses (Rhi- 

 nocerotidec) 424 



Perissodactijla. 405. 



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Genus : Rhinoceroses {Rhinoc- 

 eros) 424 



Indian Rhinoceros (R. unicor- 

 nis) 426 



Wara Rhinoceros (R. sondai- 

 cus 426 



Two-horned Rhinoceros (R. bi- 

 cornis) 426 



Sumatran Rhinoceros (R. su- 



matrensis) ... 426 



*Square - mouthed Rhinoceros 

 (R. simus) 431 



Fourth Family: Conies (Hyracidce) 431 

 Genus : Conies {Hyrax) .... 432 



Abyssinian Cony (H. abyssini- 

 cus) 432 



Eleventh Order: THE CLOVEN-HOOFED ANIHALS. Artiodactyla. 433. 



First Suborder : Ruminants or 

 Two-hoofed Animals {Bidactyla) . 433 



First Family: Giraffes (Camelopar- 

 dalidce) 434 



Genus : Giraffes (Camelopardalis) . 434 

 Giraffe (C. giraffa) 434 



Second Family: Camels (Camelidcz) 437 



1. — Genus: Camels (Camelus) . . . 438 



Dromedary (C. dromedarius) 438 



Bactriau Camel (C. bactrianus) 442 



2. — Genus : Llamas (Auchenia) . . 443 



Guauaco (A.huanaco) . . . .444 



Llama {A. lama) 444 



Alpaca (A. paco) 446 



Vicugna (A. vicugna) .... 447 



Third Family : Horned Animals 



(Bovidcc) 447 



goats and sheep (Caprincz) . 448 



1. — Genus: Goats (Capra) 458 



Alpine Ibex (C. ibex) .... 450 

 Pyrenean Ibex (C. pyrenaica) 450 

 Caucasian Ibex (C.caucasica) . 450 

 ^Egagrus (C. agagrus) .... 453 

 *Markhoor {C.falconeri) . . 454 

 Domestic Goat (C. hircus) . . 455 

 Angora Goat (C.h. angorensis) 455 

 Cashmere Goat(C h. laniger) 456 

 Svrian Goat (C. h. inambrica) 456 

 Egyptian Goat ( C.h. cegyplica) 456 

 Dwarf Goat (C. h. reversa) . . 457 

 *Tahr ( C. jemlaica) 457 



2. — Genus: Sheep (Oris) 458 



Aoudad (O. tragelaphus) . . . 459 

 Moufflon (O. tnusimon) . . . 460 

 *Krat»chkar (O. polii) .... 461 

 Argali (O. argali) 462 



Kamchatkan Wild (O. nivicola)if>i 

 Big Horn (O. nwntana). . . . 462 

 Merino (O. aries hispanica) . . 463 

 Persian (O. aries slealopyga) . 464 



the musk-oxen (Ovibovina) .... 465 



3. — Genus : Musk-Oxen (Ovibos) . 465 

 Musk-Ox (O. moschatus) . . . 465 



the ox tribe (Bovina:) 466 



4— Genus : Oxen {Bos) 468 



Yak (B. grunniens) 468 



European Bison {B. bison) . 470 

 American Bison (B. ameri- 



canus) 474 



Gay al (B. frontalis) 476 



Gaur (B. gaurus) 477 



Banteng (B. bantcng) 478 



Sanga (B. africanus) 479 



Zebu (B. indicus) 480 



Park Ox (B. scoticus) . . . 481 



Freiburg Ox (B. tauius fri- 



burgensis) 481 



Dutch Ox (B. t. hollandicus) 481 

 Short -Horn (B. t. dunehnen- 



sis) 482 



United States Wild Cattle . . 482 



Jersey Cow 483 



Hereford Bull 485 



Cape Buffalo (B. coffer) . . .485 

 Indiau Buffalo (B. ami) . . . 486 



mountain goats (Aplocerince) . . . 489 



5. — Genus : Mountain Goats (Aplo- 



ccius) 489 



Rocky Mountain Goat {A. 

 montanus) 489 



antelope tribe (Aniilopine). 



6. — Genus : Antelopes (Antilope) . 491 

 Si^an (A. cervicapra). . . . 491 



Gazellt s (A. dorcas) 492 



Springbok (A. euchore) . . . 494 

 7. — Genus : Ox-Antelopes (Bubalis) 495 

 Hartebeest (B. caama). . . 496 

 8. — Genus : Reed Antelopes (Jte- 



dunca) 496 



Riet-bok (R. eleolragus) . . . 497 

 9.— Genus : Water-bucks (Kobus) . . 497 

 Water-buck {K. ellipsiprym- 



nus 497 



10. — Genus : Oryx Antelopes (Oryx). 498 



Passan (O. capensis) 498 



Beisa (O. Beisa) 498 



Algazel (O. leucoryx) .... 498 

 11. — Genus: Addax Antelopes (Ad- 



dax) 498 



Addax (A. nasotnaculatus) . . 500 

 12. — Genus : Spiral Horned Antelopes 



(Strepsiceros) 500 



Koodoo (S. kudu). ...... 500 



13.— Genus : Bovine Antelopes (Buse- 



laphus) 502 



Eland (B. oreas) 502 



14. — Genus : Nylghaus (Portax) . . . 502 



Nylghau (P. pictus) 502 



15.— Genus: Four-Horned Antelopes 



(Tetraceros) 504 



Four-Horned( T. quadricomis)$o^ 

 16. — Genus: Bush-Bucks (Cephalolo- 



phus) 504 



Duyker (C. mergens). . . . 504. 

 17. — Genus : Dwarf Antelopes (Neo- 



tragus) 505 



Greyhound Antelope (N. hem- 

 prichii) 505 



