THE INDIAN' TAPIR. 



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by the natives of Sumatra. The young, as in the case with the American aperies, (lifters in colour 

 from the adult, being, at the age of four or five months, black, beautifully marked with spots and stripes 

 of a fawn colour above, and white below. 



THE DAMAN.* 



A OENUS of animals, once regarded as rodents, here claims our particular attention. It was reserved 

 for Cuvier to point out its true situation. "There is no quadruped," says this illustrious naturalist, 



SKULL OF DAMAN. 



TKKT1I OV DAMAN. 



" which proves more forcibly than the Daman the necessity of having recourse to anatomy, as a test by 

 which to determine the true relationship of animals." This active, fur-covered creature is a true pachy- 

 dermatous animal, and, notwithstanding the smallness of its size, it is to be regarded as " intermediate 



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THIS DAMAN OK SVKlA. 



between the rhinoceros and tapir." The resemblance which the liynix bears to the former may be 

 traced in its internal anatomy, and in its osseous system. 



As to the skull, the singular depth of the lower jaw cannot but strike every attentive observer ; 



Hyrax. Hermann. 

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