1906.1 



FCETUS OF THE GIRAFFE. 



627 



Okapi aboiit this or any other region of the body. It will be 

 noticed in the figiire that the neck is much creased, more so than 

 the skin of the body, which is perhaps indicative of a rapid gi'owth in 

 this region. The veiy soft hoofs terminate in quite pointed 

 extremitie.s. 



Text-fi^^ 107. 



Foitus of GirafFej illustr itiug the general proportions of the bodj-. 



The following are some of the principal measurements, many of 

 which correspond with those tabulated by Owen for the newly 

 born Giraffe. 



