QUADRUPEDS. 



ORDER 



P E C O R A. 



CAMELUS. CAMEL. 

 Generic Character, 



Cornua nulla. 



Denies Primores inferiores 

 sex, spathiformes. 



Lamarii distantes; superiores 

 tres, inferiores duo. 



Lahiutn superius fissum. 



Horns none. 



Front-teeth in the lower jaw 

 six, somewhat thin and 

 broad. 



Canine-teeth distant 5^ in the 

 upper jaw three, in the 

 lower two, 



Upper Lip divided. 



ARABIAN CAMEL. 



Camelus Drpmedarlus. C. Topho dor§i unico. Lin. Si/st. JS^at. 

 p. 90. 



Camel with a single dorsal bunch. 



Camelus. Gesn. Quadr, 172. Jmist. Quadr. 95. t, 41, 42^ 43, 



Aldr, hisulc. j). 908. 

 Le Dromadaire. B^lff. 11. p. 211. pL 9. 

 Arabian Camel. Pennant Quadr, i.p, 129. 



Th E Camel, which, from the eailiest ages of 

 the world, has constituted the riches of Arabia, is 

 found in the warmer parts of Asia and in the 

 V. II. j». II. 16 



