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QUADRUPEDS. 



ORDER 



B E L L U 



EQUUS. HORSE. 

 Generic Character. 



Denies Prhnores superiores sex, 



erecto-paralleli. 

 Inferiores sex, prommenti- 



ores. 



Z^«zflriisolitani,inclusi,utrin- 

 que remoti. 



Pedes ungula indivisa» 



Front-teeth In the upper jaw 

 six, parallel. 



In the lower jaw six, some- 

 what projecting. 



Canine-teethy one on each side, 

 in both jaws, remote from 

 the rest. 



Feet with undivided hoofs. 



COMMON HORSE. 



Equus Caballus. £. cauda undique seiosa. Lrii. Syst, Nat, 

 p, loo. 



Horse with tail uniformly covered with long hair. 



Equus. Plin. 8. c. 42. SfC» S^c. Gesn* Quadr. p. 442. Aldr, 



Solidnng. p. 1. Jmst. Quadr, i. 

 Le Cheval. Buff, 4. p» 174. 

 Generous Horse. Pennant Quadr, i,p. 1. 



TThE Horse, the most noble and interesting 

 of quadrupeds, is supposed to be found in a state 

 of nature in several parts of Asia and Africa. In 



