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VERTEBRATA. MAMMALIA. 



WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY (Dicotyles LaUatus). 



middle of the back, where a gland secretes an in- 

 tolerably fetid liquid. In manners they resemble 

 the Hog, but are fonder of the water, swimming with 

 great ease and celerity. They are very easily domes- 

 ticated. 



Rhinoceros,* the Rhinoceros. 



Here we again find tropical animals of vast size 

 and massive strength, the companions and rivals of 

 the Elephants. The feet have but three hoofs each, 

 short and blunt; the bones of the nose, which are 

 arched and very strong, support either one or two 

 horns, attached merely to the skin, and apparently 

 formed of hairs united into a solid mass. Where 

 two exist, the one is immediately behind the other. 



* 'Piv, rhin, the nose, and ;, keras, a horn. 



