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(see Fig. 127,p. 236),atermwhichmustnotbetakenasimpMng 

 any relationship with the giraffes, but merely a resemblance to 

 them in proportions. These browsing camels were verj' large 

 animals, but with relatively small heads and low-crowned teeth 

 not suited for grazing ; the neck was extremelj' long, made so bj' 



Fig. 208. — Guanaco (Lama huanacus). — By permission of the New York 

 Zoological Society. 



the great elongation of five of the vertebrae (second to sixth, 

 inclusive), and the legs were also very long, fitting their pos- 

 sessors to browse upon trees. Much of the description of the 

 appearance and habits of the Giraffe given by Flower and 

 Lydekker would no doubt be apphcable to these extinct camels. 

 "To produce the extremely elongated neck the seven cer^'ical 



