OF THE CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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the form of the body and the nature of its horns, which are 

 conical, osseous, and always covered with the integuments. 

 It measures from fifteen to seventeen feet in height, and the 

 single species as yet known is peculiar to Africa.* 



Fig. 271. The Giraffe. 



* In Southern Africa it is never seen to the south of the Great Orange 

 River. K. K. 



