180 MAMMALIA. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Horns. North Africa. 

 Horns. North Africa. 

 Horns. North Africa. 

 Horns. 



Pennant, in his Synopsis, i. 18, confounded this animal with 

 the Musimon ; and Pallas (Zool. Ross. Asiat. i. 230) on his au- 

 thority gave India as the habitat of the latter, hut the subgenus 

 was not known to inhabit the Himalaya at that period. 



Tribe 2. GIRAFFINA. 

 Horns covered with a hairy skin, with a tuft of hair at the tip. 



Camelopardina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825; Cat. Mamm. B.M. xxvi. 



Camelopardalis, Cuv. Tab. Elem. 1798. 



Giraffidse, Gray, L. M. Rep. xv. 307, 1821 ; H. Smith, Griffith 



A. K. v.; J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 63, 1828. 

 Devexa, Illiger, Prod. 104, 1811. 

 Plenicornia b, Latr. Fam. Nat. 1821. 

 Camelopardalidas, Selys Long champs, 1842. 

 Elaphiens, part., Pomet. I. c. 184. 



Ruminalia stereoceria, part., Rafin. Anal. Nat. 56, 1815. 

 Ruminantia B. Pygnocerate, part., Bronn, Index Pal&ont. ii. 709. 

 Cameli /3, Wagler, N. Syst. Amph. 4-31, 1830. 

 Cervidse (part.), Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 134. 

 Cervicornia , Sundevall, Pecora, 52. 

 Unguligrada, part., Sundevall, Pecora, 52. 

 Ossicomia, Ruppell, Verz. Senck. Samml. 183, 1845. 

 Camelopardalina, Sundevall, Pecora, 52. 

 Cainelopardinese, Lesson, N. Tab. R. A. 168, 1842. 

 Les Girafes, F. Cuvier, D. Sci. Nat. lix. 513. 



1. GlRAFFA. 



Lip not grooved, entirely covered with hair, much produced 

 before the nostril. Tongue very extensile. Neck very long. Body 

 short. Hinder legs short. False hoof none. Tail elongate, with 

 a tuft of thick hair at the end. Africa. Living in families on 

 the leaves of trees and shrubs. 

 Giraffa, Brisson, R. A. i. 37, 1763; Storr, 1780; Scopoli; Ra- 



finesque, Anal. Nat. 56, 1815. 



Cervus, sp., Linn. S. N. ed. 12. 92; Erxleb. S. A. 294, 1777. 

 Camelopardalis, Ray, Syn. 90; Aldrov.-, Cuvier, Tab. Elem. 



1798; Schreb. Saugth.-, Lesson, N. Tab. R. A. 168; Desm. 



1804; Illiger, 1811; Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 134; J. Brookes, 



Cat. Mus. 63 ; F. Cuvier, D. S. N. lix. 513 ; Fischer, Syn. 455. 



