OK API. 



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G. c. capensis (fig. 35, B), while the legs are fully spotted, and the 

 colour-pattern on the body (especially on the last-named) is more of 

 a blotched type, that is to say, consists of dark blotches on a fawn- 

 ground, instead of a network of light lines on the ground. The 

 Museum is indebted to the Duke of Bedford, the Hon. Walter 

 Bothschild, Sir Harry Johnston, Major Powell-Cotton, Captain 

 Gosling, Mr. Victor Buxton, and Mr. Rowland Ward for most of 

 the exhibited specimens of Giraffes. The coloration of Giraffes 

 harmonises so well with their surroundings that at a little distance 

 these animals are invisible. Giraffes lived during the Tertiary 

 period in India Persia, China, and Greece. 



Fm. 36. 



A Female Okapi {Okapia johnstoni). 



TheOkapi. The Okapi {Okapia johnstoni, 1256, fig. 36) re- [East 



Genus presents a genus in which the male has one pair of Q^ idor * 

 Okapia. skin-covered horns with bare antler-like tips, while XXL] 

 the female is hornless. The neck and limbs are shorter than in 

 the Giraffes, and the type of coloration is different. These animals 



