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THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 
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different species of Oxen, the largest of which are those of the Arnee, 
or Great Indian Buffalo. 
The Antelopes are beasts with hollow horns, and chew the cud ; 
they are chiefly of a sandy colour, and are specially fitted to inhabit ex- 
tensive plains with tracts of desert; a few of the species live among 
rocks, where they are as sure-footed as the Goat. They are most 
abundant in Africa, especially in the southern districts. A few are 
found in India, while in North America and Europe there is but a 
single species in each, the Prong-horn in the former, and in the latter 
the Chamois which frequents the Alps. Among the more interesting 
species may be pointed out the Water-buck, and Sable Antelope ; the 
Oryx, which, w'hen seen in profile, probably suggested the Unicorn 
mentioned by the ancients ; the Blessbok, Hartebeest, and Sassaybe of 
South Africa ; the large-eyed Gazelle, so often referred to by Eastern 
poets ; the Springbok, so called from its springing bounds, when the 
white fur of its back opens out like a sheet ; the Gnu, which at first 
seems a compound of Horse, Buffalo, and Antelope ; the Sasing, or 
Indian Antelope, with its curious cheek-pores ; the Wood Antelopes, 
with their short horns often concealed amongst a brush of hairs ; the 
Chickara of India, with its four little horns. 
The different kinds of Wild Sheep (Cases 9 to 11) from the moun- 
tains of Asia, North America, and North Africa: one of the most 
remarkable is the Bearded Sheep, or Aoudad of Morocco, which has 
enormous strength in its neck and horns ; also the gigantic Argali. 
The various kinds of Wild Goats of Siberia, India, and Europe, and 
some of their domestic varieties (Cases 6 to 8) ; the Cashmere and 
Angora Goats, celebrated for the delicate wool growing among their 
hair, which is manufactured into the finest shawls. 
The Giraffes, fitted, by their long legs and necks, and extensile 
lips and tongues, to browse on the twigs of high trees, while the Ante- 
lopes, Goats, and Sheep, with their short necks and blunt lips, browse 
chiefly on low shrubs, or graze. 
The Bats, which have the skin extended between the fingers of 
their fore-limbs, fly about in the dusk and at night; they feed chiefly 
upon insects ; some of the larger species, often called Fox-bats, or 
Flying Foxes, have blunt grinding teeth, and only eat fruit. They 
are found in Africa, in the islands of the Indian Archipelago and the 
Pacific, and in Australia, where some of them live in large flocks. 
The Jforse-shoe Bats and Leaf-nosed Bats have very peculiar physio- 
gnomies, from the complicated apparatus on the end of the nose round 
the nostrils. Though the Bats are generally sombre-coloured, yet 
a few have brilliantly-coloured furs, such as the little orange Port 
Essington Bat, and some of the Fox-bats. The Vampyres, or Blood- 
sucking Bats, are confined to South America ; they have a very long 
tongue, and a deep notch in the lower lip. They attack animals and 
sometimes even men while sleeping, and fan the victims with their 
wings. They arc of small size, but the wounds which they inflict 
often continue to bleed after the Bats are satiated, and all wounds are 
dangerous in a warm climate. 
