The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ild beast.] A genus of fossil perissodactylsof the tapiroid section, referred to the familyLophiodontidce. Their dental formula is: 2 incisorsabove and 3 below on each side, and 1 canine, 4 premolars,and 3 molars in each upper and lower half-jaw —in all, genus was based upon the skull of an animal of the sizeof a rabbit, from the London clay. The generic tenn, asused by l)e Blainville (!S44), has been definitely locatedill the Loiiluotlontidce, and identif
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ild beast.] A genus of fossil perissodactylsof the tapiroid section, referred to the familyLophiodontidce. Their dental formula is: 2 incisorsabove and 3 below on each side, and 1 canine, 4 premolars,and 3 molars in each upper and lower half-jaw —in all, genus was based upon the skull of an animal of the sizeof a rabbit, from the London clay. The generic tenn, asused by l)e Blainville (!S44), has been definitely locatedill the Loiiluotlontidce, and identified with Pacliynolophusof Iomel (1847). Hyrax (liiraks), n. [NL., < Gr. vpa^, a mouse,slirew-mouse, = L. sorex, shrew-mouse: seeSorex.] 1. The typical genus of the family .Sf)/-raciihv and order Hyracoidea, having the molarteeth like those of a rhinoceros in pattern, thelower incisors only slightly notched, the up-per incisors approximated, and the upper lipcleft. It has 7 cervical, 22 dorsal, 8 lumbar, 6 sacral,and 6 caudal vertebrffi. The genus contains the terres-trial and saxicoline species of Afi-ica and Syria, as tr-^ ^gt°^?^^^J^*.,,•s^^^...„ Daman i^Hyrax syriacus). capensis, H. hahessinicus, E. syriacus, variously knownas conies, damann, rock-hadgen, rock-rabbits, etc. It wasformerly conterminous with the family [I. c] An animal of the genus Hyrax. (-ac-) + -irffT.] The typical and only family of Hyrcanian (her-kani-an), a. Of or pertain- the order Hyracoidea. It formerly contained only one genus, Hyrax, but this has been subdivided by Gray ^^ ^ _ _ into llyrax proper, Oendmhyrax, and Euhyrax. See cut ?„i. ,, * g„„ /..Vglunder Hyrax. y^„ „ , , mg to the ancient HjTcania in , ii. 2, 428. Shak., under Hyrax. hyraciform (hi-rasi-form), a. [< NL. Hyrax(-ac-) + Li. forma, shape.] Same as hyracoid. Hyracina (hi-ra-sinii), n. pi. [NL., < Hyrax(-ac-) + -ilia.] Sameas Hyracoidea. C. L. Bo-naparte, 1831. hyracium, . See hy
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