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MAMMALIA. EELLUAi). Hippopotamus. Tapir. 
43 * HIPPOPOTAMUS. Fore-teeth e.’ 6 .ch.ya.\‘^ 
4>. upper in pairs, remote ; lower pro- 
minent ; intermediate ones longer : 
tujks folitary, lower very long, ob- 
liquely truncate, recurvate : feet hoof- 
ed at the margin, 
4>Trfibius Feet 4 -lobed, ' River Horje- 
Inhabits rivers of Africa, and lakes of AhyJJinia and Ethiopia i 
gregarious, wandering a few miles from tlie water ; feeds by 
night on vegetables, roots of trees, never on filh ; lays wafte 
whole plantations of fugar- cane, rice and other grain ; whcit 
angered or woundtxl will attack boats and men with much 
fury ; walks ilowly and heavilv ; fwiins dextcfoufly and walks 
uttder Water, ibut cannqt remain long without riling to the 
furface for breath ; fleeps in reedy places ; voice tremendous, 
between die lowing of the ox and tlie roaring of the elephant » 
female brings 1 young, which ,fhe fuckles in the water ; near- 
ly as large as an elephant. 
Head large 5 inouth very wide; Jkin thick, dark, almoft naked i 
teeth very white, harder than ivory, and not growing y-lloW 
with age ; tu.Jks 20 — 26 inches long, weighing 6 or 7 pounds ; 
grinders (i above, 8 below-, eaUi fide ; ears fmall, acute, fi- 
liate with Ihort fine hairs ; eyes and nojlrils large ; lips tufted 
with hair; tail about a foot long, naked ; kgs fiiort, thick 
lobes of the feet not connefted ; JleF foraetimes eaten, fat ufed 
ill pulmonary difeales. 
44. TAPIR. Fore-teeth each jaw i o : tujks o ; 
hoofs on the fore-feet 4, hind-feet 3. 
America- Sndut long, extenfile, flexible. 
Inhabits woods and rivers of b'oiit/i ; gregarious, lleepS 
by day in the tliickefl; woods near the banks of waters, feeds 
by night on grafs, fugar-cane and fruit ; fwinis well, dives and 
walks under water ; is gentle, fearful, feladous and ealil/ 
tamed ; fize of a fmall cow. 
Skin thick, brown, covered with fhort hair, in the young fpotted : 
ears roundifli, large, erc£f; eyes fiiiall ; grinders ^ each jaw-# 
fnout furrowed at the Tides, tlie upper projedling much bc- 
. y ond the lower ; wetA ffiort, thick, a little maned on the upp^^ 
, . part ; back arched ; feet fhort ; hoofs black, hollow ; tail 
Jhprt, naHed ; voice a kind of hifs, 
.45. SUS, 
