Natural history of animals; . OR RUMINANTS. The remainder of the even-toed Ungulates are calledRuminants, from the fact that they chew the stomach has four divisions. The food goes intothe first of these, the paunch, when first swallowed, andis afterwards brought up and chewed again. Whenswallowed the second time it goes into the truestomach, where it is digested. To this group belongCamels, Deer, Oxen, Sheep, Goats, and Antelopes. Camels and Llamas. The Camel is a native of Central and Southern Asia,and, from the earliest times, has rendered such impor-tant services to the inhabitants
Natural history of animals; . OR RUMINANTS. The remainder of the even-toed Ungulates are calledRuminants, from the fact that they chew the stomach has four divisions. The food goes intothe first of these, the paunch, when first swallowed, andis afterwards brought up and chewed again. Whenswallowed the second time it goes into the truestomach, where it is digested. To this group belongCamels, Deer, Oxen, Sheep, Goats, and Antelopes. Camels and Llamas. The Camel is a native of Central and Southern Asia,and, from the earliest times, has rendered such impor-tant services to the inhabitants of the East in carryingmerchandise across the deserts, that it has been calledthe ship of the desert. Its feet are fitted for travel-ing in the sand, being covered with horny pads ratherthan with hoofs. Its strength and power of enduranceare very great, it can live on the coarsest and most 40 VERTEBRATES : MAMMALS. scanty vegetation, and travel for days without can carry from five hundred to one thousand Fig. 57. — Llama. The Camel is larger than the Horse, and stands veryhigh. There are two kinds, — one with two largehumps upon the back, and the other with only onehump. Both live in the Old World and are foundonly as domesticated animals. The Llamas inhabit the Andes of South America,are much smaller than the Camel, being only fouror five feet high, and have no hump. They live inherds, and are tamed and used as beasts of Alpaca is a variety of Llama with long woollyhair, which furnishes material for valuable is also a domestic animal; there are also wildforms known as the Guanaco and the Vicuna. Deer. The Moose, Reindeer, Deer, and Elk all belong tothe Deer family. The males have solid, bony horns CUD-C HEWERS. 41 called antlers, which they shed once a year, new andlarger ones growing to take the places of those whichhave been shed.
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