338 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



tia, on account of their very small size ; but by a 

 close examination of them, it is found that even to 

 the horn, these are in some sort Rhinoceroses in 

 miniature, at least they have exactly the same mo- 

 lars; but their upper jaw has two strong bent in- 

 cisors, and during nonage two very small canines ; 

 the lower has four incisors without canines. There 

 are four toes to the fore-feet, and three to those be- 

 hind, all with a sort of very small hoof, thin and 

 round, except the internal toe behind, which is 

 armed with a bent oblique nail. These animals 

 have the muzzle, and the ears short, are covered 

 with fur, and have only a tubercle in the place of a 

 tail. Their stomach is divided into two pouches ; 

 besides a large caecum and many dilatations to the 

 colon, toward the middle of which there are two 

 appendices, analogous to the two caeca of birds. 



One species is known of the size of a Rabbit, 

 of grayish colour, pretty common in the rocks 

 of all Africa, where it frequently becomes a 

 prey to rapacious birds, and which seems also 

 to inhabit some parts of Asia. At least we do 

 not find any certain difference between the 

 Hyrax Capensis and the Syriacus. (Buff. Sup. 

 II. xlii et xliii, et VII. lxxix*. 



The Paljeotherium, (Cuv.) 

 Is also a lost genus, with the same cheek-teeth as 



* I doubt very much the authenticity of the Hyrax Hudsonins, 

 Shreb. ccxl. c. It has only been seen in a museum. 



