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MAMMALIAN GALLERY. 
their soles are covered with fleshy pads, which enable them to adhere 
to, and climb with safety up, smooth surfaces of rocks or trees. 
These animals are entirely vegetable feeders, some dwelling among 
rocks, others climbing up trees. Among the Rock-Coneys may be 
Fijr. 14. 
The Coney {llijrax sijriucns). 
specially mentioned the Hyrax syriacus, which is the ‘‘ Coney ” 
of our English translation of the Bible. 
Suborder Perissodactyla. 
The Perissodactyla, or Odd- toed Ungulates, are represented at 
the present day by three well-known animals, the Ilhinoceros, 
Tapir, and Horse, which have in common many important cha- 
racters, chiefly in their teeth and limb-bones, which will be better 
explained in connection with the skeletons exhibited in the Osteo- 
logical Gallery. Whilst in iMiocene and Pliocene times this Sub- 
order was represented by a very large number of different forms, 
it is now so deficient in s})ecies and individuals that it must be 
su])posed to be in a more or less decadent condition. 
Of the Rhinoceroses there are five or six known species, all 
large animals, with such thick and unyielding skins as to neces- 
sitate in some the foi’ination of deep folds to enable them to move 
their limbs with any facility, and with three toes on each foot. The 
horns, which arc })laced on their muzzles, differ essentially in structure 
from those of other Mammals, being composed of modified and 
agglutinated hairs. 
4’his grouj) is no\v restricted to the African and Indian regions. 
