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peculiarities by which they are distinguished from those of all other 

 ruminants. Although the tongue of the okapi is unknown, the form of 

 the lower jaw indicates that it must have been of the same long extensile 

 type as in the giraffes. Whenever horns are present they differ essentially 

 from both the true horns of the Bovidie and the antlers of the Cervida, 

 consisting of skin-covered pedicles of bone which in early life, at any rate, 

 are separable from the bones of the skull itself. In both the existing 

 types of the family there is only a single pair of hoofs to each foot, the 

 small lateral hoofs of the deer being absent. 



Giraffes, which form the typical representatives of the family, are 

 characterised by the excessive length of the neck and limbs, the presence 

 of a mane on the neck and of at least one pair of horns on the head, as well 

 as by the peculiar blotched or netted type of coloration. The pair of horns 

 constantly present are situated immediately above the eyes, and in advance 

 of these there is frequently a single horn growing from the middle line of 

 the forehead, while behind the former there is a small and rudimentary 

 pair on the occipital region, thus making five in all. In the females the 

 horns are smaller, and the median one is never strongly developed. 



THE BLOTCHED GIRAFFE 



( Giraffa camelopardalis) 



When the text of Great and Small Game of Africa was written giraffes 

 were divided into a Nubian, or northern, and a southern species, the one 

 being called G. camelopardalis and the other G. capensis. And it was con- 

 sidered that while the former was distinguished by having three horns, a 

 spotted face, and a reticulate type of coloration, the latter was characterised 

 by its uniformly coloured face, the absence or slight development of the 

 third horn, and the blotched coloration. Certain presumed local races of 



