. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 108 VERTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. Anoplotherium, etc.,) we coine to the Hippopotamus fami- ly, or Hippopotamidae, whose principal representative in- habits the Nile and some other rivers of Africa. The Hippopotamus has an exceedingly massive body, as large as that of an ox, very short legs, large head, enormous muzzle, small eyes and ears, and short tail, and very large canine teeth. And lastly, we may merely mention the bristle-bearing even-toed ungulates, as Hogs or Suidre, Peccaries or Di- cotylidse, and their various allies—all of which are hog- FIG. 1
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 108 VERTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. Anoplotherium, etc.,) we coine to the Hippopotamus fami- ly, or Hippopotamidae, whose principal representative in- habits the Nile and some other rivers of Africa. The Hippopotamus has an exceedingly massive body, as large as that of an ox, very short legs, large head, enormous muzzle, small eyes and ears, and short tail, and very large canine teeth. And lastly, we may merely mention the bristle-bearing even-toed ungulates, as Hogs or Suidre, Peccaries or Di- cotylidse, and their various allies—all of which are hog- FIG. Skull of the Wild Boar, Sus scropha, Linnaeus. like in their general appearance, and which have their nostrils in the end of the snout, and the latter termi- nating in a sort of disk or button well suited for rooting or turning np the ground. Of the Perissodactyls, first on the list come the Equidse, or Horse, Ass, Zebra, and their immediate relations; animals which have only one apparent toe and a single hoof to each foot; although, under the skin, on each side of their metatarsus and metacarpus, there are spurs repre- senting two lateral toes. All the varieties of our present horses are from a stock indigenous to the Old World; but bones of horses have. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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