CATALOGUE 



BELLUiE AND BEUTA {Lmn?i, 



Order BELLUiE. 



Teeth of two forms. Upper cutting-teeth 6 or none. 

 Grinders all similar. Canines often wanting or rudi- 

 mentary. Limbs exserted ; toes hoofed. Skin thick, 

 with scattered bristly hairs. Mammae pectoral or 

 inguinal. 



Belluce, Ihm. Syst. Nat. ed. xi. ; Fischer, Syn. p. 30. 



Bruta, pars, lAmi. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. 



Pachydermata, Cuvier, JR^gne Anim. 



Multungula et Solidungula, Illiger, Prodr. 1811. 



Paohydermata pentadactyla et P. tridactyla, Latr. Fam. Migne Anim. 



p. 596, 1830. 

 Ungulata anisodactyla and Proboscidians, Owen, Odcmt. i. 1840- 



1845. 

 Ungulata perissodactyla et U. proboscidea, Owen, Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc. 1848. 



Prince Charles Bonaparte, in his 'Prodromus Systematis Masto- 

 zoologise,' divided the Belluse into four families, according to the form 

 of the feet : — 



I. ELBPHANTiBiB. The toes hid in the integument, the hoofs only 



visible. 1. Elephantina, 2. Bhinocerotina, and 3. Sijppo- 

 potamina. 



II. SurD-«). Toes separate. 1. Tapirina, 2. Suina, and 3. Ano- 



plotherina. 



III. HTKACiDiB. Toes covered with skin, claws lamellar. 



IV. EaTTir^. Toes in the solid hoof. 



