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ZOOLOGY. 



and Africa ; its habits are sullen and solitary ; its food ca- 

 tirelj vegetable, and its resorts mostly confined to the im- 

 mediate vicinity of woods and swamps. The enormous bulk 

 and prodigious strength of this animal is such as to enable it 

 to bid defiance to the more savage inhabitants of the same 

 climates, as from the terrible weapon with which it if 

 armed, most animals would rather shun than seek to attack it. 



7. Siikotyro. Horn on each side the head near the eyes. 



8. Elephas. Elephant. J'row^ ^ee^^ wanting in both jaws; 



in the upper jaw the tusks are elongated ; in the lower 

 wanting; proboscis very long, prehensile ; hodii nearly 

 naked. 



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This is more widely dispersed than the Rhinoceros, but 

 still is only found in the warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and 

 Indian Islands ; its strength is prodigious, and its docility 

 when domesticated greater than that of any other quadruped. 

 It is gregarious being usually found in companies, its food is 

 vegetables and the young shoots and branches of trees. Its 

 tusks are in great request as articles of commerce, uoder the 

 name of Ivory, and are capable of being converted into 

 various domestic articles. 



9. Trkhechus. Morse. Front teeth (in the adult) wanting 



in both jaws ; the upper tusks solitary ; grinders io 

 each jaw consisting of a furrowed bone ; body oblong ; 

 lips doubled; hind feet stretched backwards, forming 

 fins. 



An amphibious genus, residing principally within tha 

 arctic circle ; they feed on fish, molusca and ether marina 



