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SUBKINGDOM VEETEBRATA. 



Fig. no. 



Fig. ni. 



Rhinoceros urdcorids., One-homed Rhinoceros, India, ^'j. 



Rhinocerotidse.* — The Rhinoceros, paradoxical as it may 

 seem, possesses a skeleton more nearly allied to the horse 



than any other hoofed 

 quadruped. It has a 

 hard, naked, rough skin, 

 laid in large folds, and 

 so elastic that a bullet 

 or spear - hole imme- 

 t^^m, d i a t e 1 y closes, thus 

 stanching the wound. 



Bhhnoc^ros dicomis^ Two-homed Rhinoceros. 

 Africa, n^. 



Fig. Ki. 



Eyrax syrlScus, Daman, 



The horn is composed 

 of agglutinized hairs, 

 and, being attached 



* Closely allied to the rhi- 

 noceros in stmcture is the 

 Hyras, the only genus of the 

 order Hyracoidea. The Da- 

 man, In its various species, 

 |-, is a rabhit-like animal found 

 in Syria, Mozambique, and 

 Southern Africa. A timid 

 creature, it hides itself in the 

 clefts of the rocks, and is, 

 doubtless, the Coney of Scrip- 

 ture (Proverbs xxx, 26). 



