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Case 9. — The sassabye (Buba/is lunatus). 
Case lO.— Two species of gnus— the white-tailed gnu and 
the white-bearded gnu. 
Case 11.— Salt’s Dik-Dik, Eastern Abyssinia; Kirk’s dwarf 
antelope, British East Africa, a very small species of antelope, 
remarkable for its projecting and distensible snout, and for the 
tuft of hairs between the horns. It is said to frequent rocky hills. 
The case also contains the Indian antelope, the palla, and the 
waterbuck. 
Case 12.— The Indian gazelle, India; the Persian gazelle, 
and Grant’s gazelle, Africa. 
Case 13. — Contains a fine example of the roan antelope, a 
stately animal from Africa. 
Case 14.— A number of goats and sheep from various 
regions of the world. The oxen, antelopes, sheep and goats are 
all very closely related. 
Case 15.— An example of the musk-ox, from Great Slave 
Lake. 
Case 16.— The Tamaroa, three specimens, and one male 
American bison. The Tamaroa is one of the most generalized 
of the buffalos. It inhabits the Philippine Archipelago. 
Case 17.— Old male, cow, and calf of the American bison. 
Case 18.— Malayan tapir. The tapirs have a remarkable 
geographical distribution. The species here exhibited lives in the 
Malay peninsula and some adjacent islands; four other species 
inhabit Central and South America. 
Case 19.— Burchell’s zebra. This is a larger animal than 
the true zebra, and has the stripes on the hinder part of the body 
somewhat differently arranged. The specimen is a variety of 
Burchell’s zebra, and is called E. chapmani^ from the 
typical style by having the legs banded with black to the hoof, 
while Burchell’s zebra has white stockings. 
Case 20 .— Contains the gnawing animals Among 
these are exhibited specimens of the squirrels, spermophiles, rats, 
mice, muskrats, beavers, hares, rabbits, the capybara, chinchillas 
and porcupines. The capybara is the largest living rodent. It is 
the prey of the jaguar. The chinchilla {Lagidium) here shown is 
not the true chinchilla so prized for its soft fur. The porcupines 
