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MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Hyrax. 
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Syriactis. Toes furnifhed with foft iiailsj Syrian^ 
Inhabits Syria, among clefts of tocks ; gregarious, mild, 
timid, eafilj' tamed, has no cr)’ ; feeds oi) vegetables ; ' 
white, not eaten by the natives ; 1 7 inches long. , 
Body more lengthened ; fiiout longer than the fonner ; /uf K 
diih-grey ; i/iroat, breafi and bdly white ; fcattered 
the reft are fomc long, ftrong, poliflied hairs ; ujhijkers le'’*'. 
nails fhort, broad, weak, that of the inner hind-toe \om 
foils farmed of fleftiy excrelcencies divided by furrows. 
