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ORDER II. THICK-SKINNED QUADRUPEDS. 

 PACHYDERMATA.* 



The relationship between the Whales and the 

 Elephant is not very remote ; the bulky head, the 

 giant size, the thick and naked skin, the prolonged 

 tusks, and the straggling irregularity of the teeth, 

 are alike indicative of the aquatic Cetaceans and of 

 the marsh-loving Pachyderms, that next offer them- 

 selves to our notice. 



FlG. 4i7. WAHT-HOG, INDIAN KHIIxOCKliOcJ, AND K1VKU-HORSK. 



These animals are remarkable for the thickness of 

 their skin, and for having their toes enclosed in 

 hoofs. They have a single stomach, and do not 



* Traxvsj pachys, thick ; S^a, derma, the skin thick-skinned. 



