THE GIRAFFE. 



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Giraffa, the Cameleopard of Pennant and other authors, is a genus of ruminants, with po 

 horns common to both sexes, comprising the tallest of the known quadrupeds. |)r. .1. K. (iray i 



tlii.s genus the type 

 at the tip. . 



SKKI.KTOS OF THE GIHAi ] I;. 



of a tribe . The horns are covered with a hairy akin : and th,>r<- is a t,ifi of l.air 



