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RUMINANTS. 



The Quagga (Asinus Quagga) resembles the horse much more than 

 the Zebra ; it is striped only on the shoulders and back. 



FlG. 425. QUAGGA. 



The Onagga (Asinus montanus), or Mountain Horse, is smaller 

 than the Ass, and is marked on the head, neck, and trunk, by alter- 

 nately wide and narrow black stripes, upon an Isabella or bay 

 ground. His legs and tail are white. 



ORDER III. KUMINATING QUADRUPEDS. 

 RUMINANTIA.* 



The grand character given in the inspired volume, 

 whereby to distinguish those quadrupeds which are 

 specially adapted for human food, is that " they 

 divide the hoof and chew the cud," a description so 

 concise, and at the same time so comprehensive, that 

 modern science has not been able to improve it. It 

 embraces, in fact, the extensive Order of Ruminants, 

 which next offers itself for our notice. 



The animals belonging to this order are recog- 

 nisable from the circumstance that they all chew the 



* Ruminare, to cltew the cud. 



