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found both in the Highlands of Scotland and in Ireland, and the 
liabbit, L. [OryctoJagus] cunicalus ( 961 ), are well-known 
examples. Ocliotona (968 to 970 ) comprises about twenty species 
of short-eared little Eodents, known as Pikas or Calling-Hares, 
from the peculiar piping sound they make. They resemble 
Guinea-pigs in external appearance, and are natives of Northern 
und Central Asia and North America. 
Order VI. UNGULATA. 
(Lower Gallery, Corridors, etc.) 
As the Hoofed Mammals constituting this group are referred 
to in a separate Guide they are treated more briefly than the 
other orders in this place. They are specially adapted for a 
terrestrial life, and in the main for a vegetable diet. Their 
molar teeth have broad crowns, with tuberculated or ridged 
surfaces. Their feet are provided with blunt, broad nails, 
or in the great majority of species with hoofs, more or 
less enclosing the ends of the toes, on which they walk. They 
are mostly of large or moderate size ; and the greater number 
belonging to the Artiodactyle section. The large size of the 
majority of the members of this order renders it difficult to 
arrange them all in their proper sequence, and it has been 
necessar}^ not only to make them occupy the whole of the central 
line of the Lower Gallery, but to overflow into the Corridors. 
Suborder Hyracoidea. 
The small animals looking like short-eared Babbits and known 
as Hyraxes, Hyrax or Procavia^ of which many species are 
distributed over Africa, and extend northwards into Arabia and 
Palestine, are exhibited in a case by themselves in the lower 
gallery. They are distinguished by their small size, peculiar 
dentition, and active habits. Their feet are provided with four 
anterior and three posterior rounded hoofs, unlike the claws of 
Rodents, and their soles are covered with fleshy pads, which 
enable them to adhere to and climb smooth surfaces of rocks or 
trees. 
^ ^ Guide to Great Game Animals (Ungulata).’ Price Is. 
fCases 34 
& 36-06, 
also centre 
of Gallery 
and Cor- 
ridors.] 
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