THE RUMINANT ORDER. 
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Ruminants are divided into two families — the Camels and the 
Common Ruminants. 
The Camel Family. — This family comprehends the two genera 
of Camel and Llama. 
Camels. — Linnaeus, and with him most modern naturalists, admit 
of two distinct species in the Camel genus ; the Camel proper, 
which has two humps on its hack, and the Dromedary, which has 
only one. 
The individuals of the Camel genus have a small and strongly- 
arched head. Their ears are slightly developed, still their sense 
of hearing is excellent. Their eyes, which have oblong and 
horizontal pupils, are projecting and gentle in expression, and are 
protected by a double eyelid. Their power of sight is very great. 
Their nostrils are situated at some distance from the extremity 
of the upper lip, and, externally, appear only two simple slits in 
the skin, which the animal can open or shut at will. No trace is 
found, round the nostrils of the Camel, of the glandular body 
which forms the muzzle in other Ruminants, and attains such 
development in the Ox. Their upper lip is split down the centre, 
and the two halves are susceptible of various and separate move- 
ments. These constitute a very delicate organ of feeling. They 
are also possessed of an extremely acute sense of smell. 
This remarkable head is carried with a certain degree of nobility 
and dignity on a somewhat long neck, which, when the animal 
moves slowly, describes a graceful arched curve. 
Their peculiar body, made more remarkable by the one or two 
humps on its hack, is supported on four long legs, which appear 
slender in comparison with the mass they hear. 
In the Camel proper the colour of the coat is chestnut-brown, 
more or less dark. The hair grows to a considerable length, and 
becomes rather curly on the humps and about the neck. Below 
the neck it forms a fringe, which descends over the fore-legs. 
The Dromedary, which is less massive in form and smaller in. 
size than the Camel, has a coat of brownish- grey, more or less 
dark ; in some instances it is nearly bay. Its hair is soft, 
woolly, and moderately long, more especially about its hump and 
neck. There are, however, peculiarities of coat characteristic of 
the different races. 
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