330 . VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. 
ORDER VII. HYRACOIDEA.—This order includes only a single 
small genus (4/yrax), of which only two or three species are 
known. They are all gregarious little animals living in holes 
of the rocks, and capable of domestication. One species (Hyrax 
Capensis) occurs commonly in South Africa, and is known to 
the Dutch colonists as the “ Badger.” Another species (Hyrax 
Syrtacus) occurs in the rocky parts of Arabia and Palestine, and 
is believed to be the “ coney” of Scripture. They present many 
curious points of resemblance to the gigantic Rhinoceros, and 
are often placed in the same order, the similarity being especially 
great as regards the form of the molar teeth. The incisor teeth 
of the upper jaw are long and curved, with sharp cutting edges, 
and they grow from a permanent pulp, .thus resembling the 
teeth of the genuine Rodents (such as the Rabbit or Beaver). 
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Fig. 179.—Skull of the Indian Elephant (Z£leAhas Indicus). 7 Tusk-like upper 
incisors ; 7 Lower jaw, with grinding molars, but without incisors; 2 Nostrils; 
placed at the extremity of the proboscis. 
ORDER VIII. PROBOSCIDEA.— This order is only represented 
at the present day by the Elephant, of which there are only two 
