SYNOPSIS OF THE 



746. 5. /?. Camus. Teeth? undescribed horns two; 

 muzzle truncated*; skin without folds. Nearly double the 

 size of the common two-horned species of Africa. 



Rhinoceros Simus, Burchell, Journal de Phys.^ June, 

 1817, and African Travels, ii. 75. 



Icon. Journal de Phys. I. c. BurcheWs Travels. 



Inhabits Southern Africa. 



Obs. A more complete description of this species is pro- 

 mised by Mr. Burchell. 



Colonel Gordon indicated a species as new, which Alla- 

 mand edited in his edition of Buffon. Blainville thinks it 

 probably the Simus of Burchell. 



Genus VII. — Hyrax. 



Incisors -I ; canines %\^ ; cheek-teeth |-;|, == 32. Incisors 

 large and bent, with a void space between them and the cheek- 

 teeth ; anterior cheek-teeth in the upper jaw, with flat trian- 

 gular crowns, the others with the crown slightly concave ; 

 the posterior lower cheek-teeth with a transverse ridge di- 

 viding the middle of the crown ; toes before, four or three, 

 behind four; head large, with a slight muzzle ; nostrils 

 oblique; eyes small, with a large membrane; upper lip 

 cleft ; ears short, large, round ; no tail ; fur of two sorts, 

 short and woolly, and long and silky ; mammae six, two pec- 

 toral, and four ventral. 



747. 1. H. Capensis (Cape Hyrax.) Toes four on all the 

 feet ; grayish-brown above, whiter underneath ; inside of 

 ears white ; length about two feet six inches, height about 

 eight inches. 



Cavia Capensis, Pall. Misc. 34. Hyrax Capensis, Chn. 

 Daman and Marmotte du Cap. Buff". Sup. t. vi. Klipdaas 

 or Cape Badger of the Colonists. 



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