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THE CAMELS AND LLAMA. 
The Camels are at once distinguished from the other Ruminants by having two catting teeth in 
the upper jaw and only six in the lower, and by the peculiar form of their feet, which consist of two 
elongated toes which are callous beneath, and each armed at the end with a small, more or less claw-like 
hoof; they are destitute of any lateral rudimentary toes or false hoofs ; have a produced nose, with dependent 
upper lips, nicked in front, and are without any horns or lacrymatory sinus ; their ears are oblong, 
moderate ; their neck long ; they have canine teeth in both jaws ; their thighs are free from the body, like 
those of men and apes, which give them a very peculiar appearance. They rest with their feet folded under 
them, and with their chest on the earth; hence their knees and chest are generally callous. 
The Camels of the Old World have a short, tufted tail ; one or two humps on the back ; their anterior 
grinders are conical, and far apart, like the canines. They have six grinders on each side in the upper and 
five in the lower jaw. The toes are broad, with nearly orbicular soles, and are only slightly separated from 
each other in front. 
I. CAMELUS (Linn.-). 
Living on leaves, and peculiar to the temperate and warmer parts of Asia and Africa. 
The Sghimel or Dromedary. Camehis Arabicus (Linn.). 
Back with one hump. 
Camelus Dromedarius, Linn. S. N. — C. Dromas, Gesner. — Pallas. — C. Arabia, Plin. — C. Arabicus, Aristotle. — 
Desmoul. — Sundeval, Pecora, 104. — C. Bactrianus, Aldrov. — C. vulgaris, Forsk. — C. Monolophus, Walther. 
— Chameau, Perrault, Anim. i. 69. t. 7. — Buffon, H. N. xi. t. 9. — Camel, Penn. Quad. t. . — Dromedaire 
blanche, F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. c?. t. jun. — Cuvier, Menag. Mus. t. . — Le Dromedaire brun, F. Cuv. Mam. 
Lith. t. c? . 
P^ar. I. Camel. (^Gimel or Jemal of the Arabs), stronger and slower. 
Var. 2. Dromedary. (Hadjiin of the Arabs), slighter and fleeter. 
Var. 3. Stronger. C. Luk, Eversmann, Bucharia. 
Inhabits deserts of Arabia. Domesticated in Senegal and India. Specimen and skeleton in British 
Museum. 
The Mecheri or Bactrian Camel. Camelus Bactrianus. 
Brown ; neck, humps and limbs with longer hair; back with two humps. 
C. Bactrianus, Linn. S. N.— CameZw* ditop'hus,'Wa\.\h&c.- — C. Bactriae, Plin. — C. Turcicus, Alphms.— Chameau, 
Buffon, H. N. xi. 211, 426. t. 22.— Cuvier, Menag. Mus. t. .— F. Cuvier, Mam. Lith. t. <S —Bactrian 
Camel, Penn. 
Inhabits Mongolian Deserts. Domesticated in Eastern Europe, Persia, Tartary, and India. Skeleton 
in British Museum. 
