KIANG, OR WILD ASS OF TIBET. 



ORDER UNGULATA (HOOFED QUADRUPEDS). 



CHAPTER I. 

 PEEISSODACTYLA THE EQUID^E, OR HORSE FAMILY. 



Order UNGULATA- Divisions -PERISSODACTYLA-Characteristics-EQUiD*:- Species -Descent -First Domestic 

 Horses in Europe -Used for Food- Mention of the Horse in the Bible War-Chariots the Horse among the Greeks 

 and Romans in Britain Attempts to Improve the Breed Colour Teeth " The Mark" the Foot SkuU Disease 

 from the Gad-fly RACE-HORSE TEOTTiNG-HoRSE OF AMERICA DRAY HORSE SHETLAND PONY ARAB AND BARB- 

 PERSIAN HORSE WILD HORSES IN AMERICA Habits Byron's " Mazeppa "Capture and Breaking in WILD HORSES 

 IN AUSTRALIA THE Ass Species -Stripes Characteristics MULE AND HINNY WILD Ass OP TIBET ONAGER- 

 WILD Ass OF ABYSSINIA ZEBRAS BURCHELL'S ZEBRA QUAGGA FOSSIL EQUIDJE Distribution HIPPARION. 



THE hoofed quadrupeds are so called because they possess hoofs, from which fact the order Ungulata 

 takes its name,* and they include animals of widely different appearance, such as the Horse, 

 Rhinoceros, Giraffe, Camel, and the like. They are classified into two sub-orders, according to the 

 odd or even number of toes, those having an odd number on the hind foot being termed the 

 Perissodactyla,f such as the Horse, Tapir, and Rhinoceros ; and the Artiodactyla, j or animals with an 

 even number of toes on their hind feet, such as the Pig, Hippopotamus, Sheep, Ox, Deer, and the like. 

 All the animals belonging to the order feed upon vegetables, with the exception of the Pig and 

 Peccary, which are omnivorous ; and none of them are provided with sharp-edged cutting back teeth, 

 adapted for dividing flesh, such as are found in the Garni vora Lions, Tigers, Wolves, and Hyaenas. 

 The odd-toed Ungulates come first. 



SUB-ORDER PERISSODACTYLA. 



The odd-toed animals consist of three living families (1) The Equidse, or Horses; (2) the 

 Tapiridse, or Tapirs ; (3) the Rhinocerotidse, or Rhinoceroses ; and two extinct families (1) the Palseo- 

 * From the Latin unguis, ungula, a hoof. + 7rep7<rds, uneven ; da/cruAo?, toe. J Sp-no?, even ; aaxTuXot, toe. 



