SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Kd/jLvikoi BaxTgiavof, A7'ist, Camelus Bactriae, Plin. C. 

 Ba.ctvia.nus, Lin. and Auctor. Chameau, Briss. Buff. G. and 

 F. Cuv. Bactrian Camel, Pent., Shaw. Ditylus, of the Lower 

 Empire, Werbljud, of the Sclavonic. Deva Deve, of the 

 Hunnic. Tjuja Tue, of Tartar Nations. Tong, Chinese. 



Icon. Buff. Pent. G. and F. Cuv. 



Inhabits Tartary, Persia, Turkey, China, domesticated. 



758. 2. C. Dromedarius (the Arabian Camel.) One 

 hunch on the back, colours pale brown, whitish and 

 fawn. 



KaptnXos- AqczQm, Arist. Camelus Arabiae, Pliny. C. Dro- 

 medarius, Lin. and Auctor. Dromedaire, Buff. G. and F. 

 Cuv. Gemal Gemel, in the East Arabia, ^-c. Oont, India, 

 Shuttur, Persia. Geldowesi, Turkish. The several races, 

 Mahairy, Ashaary, 8fc. In Morocco Egin, female Nago. 



Icon. Buff. F. Cuv. An. Lithog. 



Inhabits Arabia, Turkey, Northern Africa, India, 8fC. ; 

 domesticated. 



Obs. There appears to be a species distinct from the 

 Bactrian and Arabian Camels, in the possession of the 

 Ruguere. 



Genus II. — Auchenia, Illig. 



Incisors f ; canines •^:-^ ; false molars i;-^ ; molars |:| = 32. 

 Teeth in general resembling those of the Camel ; nose 

 slightly turned; no sinus at the back of the head; eyes 

 large, clear ; neck slender, vertical ; ears long, pointed, 

 moveable ; toes protected with small hoofs, more free than 

 in the Camels ; sole of the foot shorter ; no hunches on 

 the back ; tail short ; two mammse ; callosities on sternum, 

 and knees developed ; male organs reversed ; no vesicular 

 appendices to the ventriculus ; generic tone of colours 

 pale purplish brown ; belong to the New World. 



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