. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 2S2 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE bones of the neck. Every other mammal besides them —with two solitary exceptions—has the same number of these bones. Whether the neck is extremely long, as in the giraffe, or extremely short as in the mole, and still more so relatively in the whale, and porpoises, seven Fig. THE TWO-TOED SLOTH. neck-bones and no more are always present. The same is also the case with man. One variety of two-toed sloths has also seven neck-bones, but a closely allied form, called Hoffman's sloth, has only six. This latter i
. American types of animal life. Zoology; Animal behavior. 2S2 TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE bones of the neck. Every other mammal besides them —with two solitary exceptions—has the same number of these bones. Whether the neck is extremely long, as in the giraffe, or extremely short as in the mole, and still more so relatively in the whale, and porpoises, seven Fig. THE TWO-TOED SLOTH. neck-bones and no more are always present. The same is also the case with man. One variety of two-toed sloths has also seven neck-bones, but a closely allied form, called Hoffman's sloth, has only six. This latter is the more northern kind of unau, and it extends from Ecuador, through Panama, to Costa The other genus of sloths contains the " ai," or. 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. Boston, Little, Brown and Company
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