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Eighth Oedee: THE TOOTHLESS ANIMALS. Edentata. 381. 



First Famii,y : Sloths {Bradypo- 



didx) 381 



I.— Genus: Two-toed Sloths [Cho- 



Icepus) 382 



Unau (C. didactylus") .... 382 

 2. — Genus : Three-toed Sloths [Bra- 



dypus) 382 



Ai (B. tridactylus) 382 



Second Famii,y : Ant-Eaters (Myr- 

 mecophagidcz) 386 



I. — Genus : Ant Bears {Myrmeco- 



phaga) 386 



Great Ant-Eater {M. jubata)ii(s 

 2. — Genus : Tree-Climbing Ant-Eat- 

 ers ( Tamandua) 387 



Tamandiia {T. telradadyla) . 387 

 3.— Genus.— Little Ant- Eaters \,Cy- 



cloturus) 



Two-toed Ant- Eater (C didac- 

 tylus) 388 



Third Family : Armadillos {Dasy- 



podidcs) . . 388 



I. — Genus : Armadillos Proper (ZJa- 



sypus) 389 



Tatupoyu {D. villosus) . . .389 

 Six-banded Armadillos {D. 



sexcinctus) 389 



2. — Gmius : Three-banded Armadil- 

 los ( Tolypeutes) 391 



Three-banded Armadillo ( T. 



tricinctus) 391 



3. — G^nus : Priodons (Priodon) . 391 

 Giant Tatu (P. gigas) . . . . 392 

 4. — Genus : Cloaked Armadillos 



{Cklamydophorus) 392 



Bichociego {C. truncaius) . . 392 



Ninth Order: THE ELEPHANTS. Prohoscidea. 397. 



FA)vq:i,Y: Elephants (Elephantidce.) 



Genus: Elephants (Elephas) . . 397 



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Asiatic Elephant {E. asiati- 

 cus) 397 



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African Elephant (E. qfrica- , 

 nus) 398 



Tenth Order: THE ODD-TOED ANIMALS. Perissodactyla. 405. 



First Family: Horses {Equideg) . . 405 



Genus: Horses (Equus) . . . 405 



Tarpan .... .... 406 



Cimarrones 406 



Mustang 409 



Arabian 409 



Trakehnen 410 



English Thoroughbred .... 410 



Anglo-Arab ... . 410 



. American Trotting Horse . ..411 



Percheron 411 



Shetland Pony 411 



Koulan {E. hemionus) . 413 



Onager (E. onager) . . .415 

 Domestic Ass {E. asinus) . . . 415 

 African Wild Ass {E. asinus 

 africanus) 415 



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Somal Ass (E. asinus somali- 



cus) .... 416 



Mule (E. mulus) . . . .418 



Hinny {E. hinnus) 418 



Quagga (.£'.y«a^^fl) ... 419 



Burchell's Zebra {E. burchel- 



lit) 419 



Zebra {E. zebra) 419 



Second Family : Tapirs ( Tapirida) 420 



Genus : Tapirs ( Tapirus) .... 422 

 Malayan Tapir ( T. indicus . . 422 

 American Tapir (7". america- 

 nus) 422 



Third Family : Rhinoceroses (Rhi- 

 nocerotidcE) 4^4 



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Genus : Rhinoceroses {Rhinoc- 

 eros) 424 



Indian Rhinoceros {R. unicor- 

 nis) 426 



Wara Rhinoceros {^R. sondai- 

 cus 426 



Two-horned Rhinoceros (R. bi- 

 comis) 426 



Sumatran Rhinoceros {R. su- 



tnairensis) ... . • . 426 

 *Square - mouthed Rhinoceros 

 \R. simus) 431 



Fourth Family: Conies (Uyracida) 4i^ 

 Genus : Conies (Hyrdx) . . i . 432 



Abyssinian Cony (H. abyssini- 

 cus) 432 



Eleventh Order: THE CLOVEN=HOOFED ANIflALS. Artiodactyla. 433. 



Fi&ST Suborder : Ruminants or 

 Two-hoofed Animals {Bidactyla) . 433 



First Family: Giraffes {Camelopar- 



dalidce) 434 



Genus : Giraifes [Camelopardalis) . 434 

 Giraffe {C. giraffa) 434 



Second Family: Camels [Camelidcs) 437 



I.— Genus: Camels (C"aw«/a5) . . .438 



Dromedary ( C. dromedarius) 438 



Bactriau Camel (C. bacirianus) 442 



2.— Genus : Llamas (Auchenia) . . 443 



0\ia.nex.o (A . kiianaco) . . . .444 



Llama (A. lama) 444 



Alpaca (A. pace) ... • 44^ 



Vicugna {A. vicugna) . . .447 



Third Family: Horned Animals 



{Bovidcs) 447 



goats and sheep {Caprince) . 448 



I.— Genus : Goats (Capra) . . . . 458 

 Alpine Ibex (C. ibex) .... 450 

 Pyrenean Ibex (C. pyrenaica) 450 

 Caucasian Ibex (C.caucasica) . 450 

 iB<agrus (C. cggagrus) .... 453 

 *Markhoor (C. falconer i) ■ ■ 454 

 Domestic Goat {C. hircus) . . 455 

 Angora Goat {C.h. angorensis) 455 

 Cashmere Goat(C. h. laniger) 456 

 Svrian Goat {C. h. mambrtca) 456 

 E°-yptian Goat(<r./2. cegyptica) /!,$(> 

 Dwarf Goat (C h. reversa) . . 457 

 *TahT { C. jemlaica) . • • 457 



2.— Genus : Sheep (Ovis) . . • ■ 458 

 Aoudad {O. tragelaphus) . . .459 

 Moufaon [O. musimon) . . .400 

 *Kratschkar {O. polii) .... 461 

 Argali {0. argali) 402 



Kamchatkan Wild (O. nivicola)462 

 Big Horn {O. montana). . . . 462 

 Merino {O. aries hispanica) . . 463 

 Persian {O. aries steatopyga) . 464 



the musk-oxen ( Ovibovince) .... 465 



3.— Genus : Musk-Oxen (Ovibos) . , 465 

 Musk-Ox 1^0. moschatus) . . . 465 



THE ox tribe {Bovine^} 466 



4— Genus : Oxen (Bos') 468 



Yak {B. grunniens) 468 



European Bison {B. bison) . 470 

 American Bison (B. ameri- 



canus) 474 



Gayal (5. frontalis) . . . . 476 



Gaur {B. gaurus) 477 



Banteng(/^. banteng). . . .478 

 S2ca%a. { B. af ricanus) . . .479 



Zebu (B. indicus) 480 



Park Ox (B. scoticus) . .481 



Freiburg Ox {B. tauius fri- 



burgensis) 481 



Dutch Ox {B. t. hollandicus) 481 

 Short -Horn {B. t. dunelmen- 



■ sis) 482 



United States Wild Cattle . . 482 



Jersey Cow • 483 



Hereford Bull 485 



Cape Buffalo (B. caffer) . . 485 

 Indian Buffalo {B. arni) . . .486 



mountain goats {Aplocerina) . . .489 



5. —Genus : Mountain Goats {Aplo- 



cefus) 489 



Rocky' Mountain Goat (.A. 

 montamis) 489 



ANTELOPE TRIBE {Antilopinee). 



6. — Genus : Antelopes (Aniilope) . 491 ' 

 Sisan (A. cervicapra). . . . 491 



Gazelles {A. dorcas) 492 



Springbok {A. euchore) . . . 494 

 7. — Genus : Ox-Antelopes (Bubalis) 495 

 Hartebtfest (B. caama). . 496 



8. — Genus : Reed Antelopes • {Re- 



dunca) ... 496 



Riet-bok (R. eleotragus) . . . 497 

 9. — Genus : Water-bucks (Kobus) . . 497 

 Water-buck (A', ellipsiprym- 



nus 497 



io. — Genus : Oryx Antelopes (Oryx). 498 



Passan CO. capensis) 498 



Beisa (O. Beisa) 498 



Algazel (O. leucoryx) . . . 498 

 II. — Genus: Addax Antelopes (Ad- 



dax) 498 



Addax [A. nasomaculatus) . . 500 

 12. — Genus : Spiral Horned Antelopes 



(Strepsiceros) . . . . 500 



Koodoo (S. kudu) 500 



13. —Genus : Bovine Antelopes (Buse- 



laphus) . . ... 502 



Eland (.5. areas) 502 



14. — Genus : Nylghaus {Portax) . . . 502 



Nylghau (P. pictus) 502 



15. — Genus : Four-Horned Antelopes 



(Tetraceros) . . ... 504 



Four-Horned ( T. guadricornis) 504 

 i5. — Genus: Bush-Bucks (Cephalolo- 



phus) 504 



Duyker (C. mergens). . . . 504 

 17. — Genus : Dwarf Antelopes {A^eo- 



tragus) 505 



Greyhound Antelope (N. hetn- 

 prichii) . . . . . 505 



