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Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphi- 

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The Pig Family (Suida), 



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Wild-boar (Sus scrofa), .... 



Red River-hog (Potamochcerus porcus), . . 69 



Emgalo or Ethiopian Wart-hog (Phacochoerus 



sethiopicus), 69 



Emgalo of Inner Africa (Phacochcerus africanus), 69 



Babirussa (Porcus babirussa), . . . . 7 1 



Pigmy Hogs (Porcula), 72 



Collared Peccary (Dicotyles torquatus), . . 72 



White-lipped Peccary (Dicotyles labiatus), . 72 



Group of the Two-toed Artiodactyla or Ruminants 



(Didactyla or Ruminantia), ..... 73 



The Chevrotain Family (Tragulida), . 



Kanchil (Tragulus pygmasus), 



Water Chevrotain (Hyasmoschus aquaticus), 



Musk-deer (Moschus moschiferus), 



The Deer Family (Cervida), 



Muntjac or Kidang (Cervulus muntjac), 



Red Brocket (Subulo rufus), 



Common Roe (Capreolus vulgaris), 



Pampas Deer or Guazui (Blastoceros campestris) 



Axis or Spotted Deer (Axis maculata), 



Sambur Deer (Cervus Aristotelis), 



Common Stag or Red-deer (Cervus elaphus), 



Wapiti or Canadian Stag (Cervus canadensis), 



Cariacou (Cervus virginianus), . 



Fallow-deer (Dama vulgaris), 



Reindeer (Tarandus rangifer), 



Elk (Alces palmatus), .... 



Canadian Elk, Moose-deer, or Orignal, 



The Hollow-horned Ruminants (Cavicornia), 



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The Antelopes (Antilopidd), .... 



Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana), 

 Chamois (Capella rupicapra), 



Gazelle (Gazella dorcas), 93 



Sassa Antelope (Oreotragus saltator), . . 93 



Bleekbok or Urebi (Calotragus scoparius), 93 

 Duyker-bok or Madocqua (Cephalophus mergens), 94 

 Chikara or Four-horned Antelope (Tetraceros 



quadricornis), 94 



Rietbok or Umseke (Reduncus eleotragus), . 94 

 Harnessed Antelope or Guib (Tragelaphus scriptus), 95 



Saiga (Colus tartaricus), 96 



Nylgau (Portax pictus), 97 



Sing-Sing or Waterbok (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), 98 

 Sable Antelope or Swarte-bok (Hippotragus niger), 98 



Blauw-bok (Hippotragus leucophasa), ... 99 



Leucoryx or Sabre Antelope (Oryx leucoryx), . 99 



Canna, Elen, or Eland (Buselaphus oreas), . 100 



Mendes Antelope (Addax nasomaculatus), . . 100 



Koodoo (Strepsiceros kudu), .... 101 



Caama or Hartebeest (Bubalis Caama), . . 101 



Indian Antelope or Sassi (Antilope cervicapra), 102 



Wildebeest or White-tailed Gnu (Catoblepas gnu), 103 



The Goats (Capridd), 103 



Rocky Mountain Goat (Haploceros americanus), 104 



Markhor (Capra falconeri), 106 



Grecian Ibex or Bezoar Goat (Capra asgagrus) 



Domestic Goat (Capra hircus), . 



Angora Goat (Capra hircus, var. angorensis), 



The Ibex {Ibex), Bouquetins, Steinbocks, 



Alpine Ibex (Ibex alpinus), 

 The Sheep {Ovis), .... 



Barbary Wild Sheep (Ovis tragelaphus), . 



Rocky Mountain Sheep or Big-horn (Ovis mon 

 tana), 



Mouflon of Kamchatka (Ovis nivalis), 



Kashkar of the Kirghiz (Ovis Polii), 



Argali (Ovis Argali), . 



Musimon or European Mouflon (Ovis 



Domesticated Sheep (Ovis aries), 

 The Ox Group (Bovida), 



Anoa of the Malays (Probubalus depressicornis). 



Musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus), 



The Buffaloes (Bubalus), 

 Cape Buffalo (Bubalus caffer), 

 Common Buffalo (Bubalus vulgaris), 

 Kerabau Buffalo (Bubalus Kerabau), 



The Bisons (Bison), 

 European Bison (Bison europseus), 

 American Bison (Bison americanus), 



The True Oxen (Bos), 

 Yak (Bos grunniens), . 

 Gaur (Bos gaurus), 

 Gayal (Bos frontalis), . 

 Burmese Wild Ox (Bos sondaicus), 

 Zebu or Humped Ox (Bos indicus), 

 Tame Breeds of Ox (Bos taurus), 



The Giraffe Family (Devexa), . 



Giraffe (Camelopardalis giraffa), . 

 The Camel Family (Camelida), . 

 The Camels (Camelus), . 



Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) 



Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius), 



The Llamas (Auchenid), 

 Guanaco (Auchenia huanaco), . 

 Llama (Auchenia Lama), . 

 Alpaco (Auchenia Paco), 

 Vicuna (Auchenia vicuna), . 

 Geographical Distribution and Descent of the Even 

 toed Ungulates, 



GNAWERS OR RODENTS (RODENTIA) 



Introduction, 141 



The Squirrel Family (Sciurida), . . 144 

 The Squirrels, 145 



Brown Flying-Squirrel (Pteromys petaurista), 145 



Assapan (Pteromys volucella), .... 145 

 Common Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), . . . 146 

 Chipping Squirrel or Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), 146 

 Souslik (Spermophilus citillus), .... 147 



The Marmots (Arctomys), 147 



Alpine Marmot (Arctomys marmota), . .147 



Prairie-dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), . . . 148 



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