MAMMALIA. BELLU2E. Horfe. 341 



VI. B E L L U JE. 



Has obtufe wedge-like, truncated fore-teeth in both 

 jaws. The feet are armed with hoofs. 



XLI. H O R S E— 40. E ^U U S. 33. 



Has fix parallel, erect, fore-teeth above, and fix, which project 

 a little, in the lower jaw; one more tufk, diftant from the 

 other teeth on each fide of both jaws: The female has two 

 teats in the groin. 



This genus is the only one which has {ingle hoofs, though that circumftance is left out of the cha- 

 racter on account of an obfcure fpecies in Chili which is faid to have cioven hoofs ; feveral of the 

 fpecies are of confiderable ufe to mankind for draught, for burthen, and for the faddle; they all fight 

 by biting, and by kicking with their, hind feet. It is the only race of animals in which the mammae 

 are wanting on the males, though we are told that they are placed on the glans penis. 



i. Common Horfe. — 2. Equus Caballus. 1. 



Has folid hoofs, a long flowing mane, and the tail is univerfally covered with long hairs. 

 Syft. nat. ed. xii. ioo. n. I. Briff. regn. an. ioo. n. I. 



'ln-3-o;. Arift. hift. an. i. c. 5. 7. ii. c. 5. 8. 18. iii. c. 10. v. c. ii. vi. c. 22. v.ii. c. 17. viii. c. 11,. 

 ix. c. 5. Aelian, an. iii. c. 2. iv. c. 6. 7. 8. 11. Oppian, cyneg. i. 166. — Equus, Equa, Equiferus, 

 Plin. hift. nat. viii. c. 42. x. c. 63. xi. c. 37. xxviii. c. 10. 1 1. Gem. quad. 442. f. p. 443. Schwenkf. 

 theriot. 89. Aldrov. folid. 2. f. p. 21. Jonft. quad. t. 1.4. Charlet. exerc. 3. Wagn. helvet. 174. 

 Sibbald. Scot. 6. Raj. quad. 62. Rzacz. Polon. 217. 240. Sloan, jam. ii. 327. — Cheval, or Horfe^ 



Sm. Buff. iii. 306. pi. xi. Penru hift. of quad. n. 1. Brit. zooi. i. 1 Rofs. Gefn. thierb. 306. f,. 



p. 307. 



a. Wild Horfe. — a. E. Caballus ferus. 



Of this there are feveral varieties mentioned in authors. 



Wilde Pferde. J. G. Gmelin, It. i. 211. iii. 5L0. S. G. Gmelin, It. i. 44. t. 9. Pallas, It. L 

 211. — Tarpany. Rytfchk. Orenb. i. 223. — Takija, or Wild horfes. Belly trav. i. 225. Du Halde,. 

 Chin. ii. 254. Leo. afric. 340. Journ. hiftor. 40. 



/3. Domeftic Horfe. — /3. E. Caballus domejlicus. 



Of this there is aloioft an infinite variety, in colour, fize, and form. Klein, quad. 4. 



Horfea- 



