GIRAF FIDE 331 
enamel ; the upper ones having no inner accessory column. Lateral 
digits entirely absent on both fore and hind feet, even the hoofs 
not developed. Humerus with double bicipital groove. Vertebra : 
HEATH SE 
SS aint 
SS epyensenth RC 
SN aut 
Fic. 136.—The Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). 
C7,D14,L5,83,C20. Gall-bladder generally absent. Male 
reproductive organs and placenta of a Bovine type. Dentition: 
i909 p Bm. 
Giraffa.1—The Giraffe (G. camelopardalis) is the sole existing 
representative of the genus, now confined to the Ethiopian region. 
1 Zimmermann, Geograph. Geschichte, vol. ii. p. 125 (1780). 
