. Beginners' Zoology . Fig. 389. — Okapi. This will probably proveto be the last large mammal to be discoveredby civilized man. It was found in the for-ests of the Kongo in 1900. Questions: It shows affinities (find them) withgiraffe, deer, and zebra. It is a ruminant ungulate(explain meaning — see text). MAMMALS 215 because of the friendly custom cows have of combing eachothers hair with their rough tongues, the hair sometimes. Fig. 390.—African Camel {Cameltts dromedarim). being swallowed. Explain the saying that if a cow stopschewing the cud she will die. Does a cows lower jaw move sidewise
. Beginners' Zoology . Fig. 389. — Okapi. This will probably proveto be the last large mammal to be discoveredby civilized man. It was found in the for-ests of the Kongo in 1900. Questions: It shows affinities (find them) withgiraffe, deer, and zebra. It is a ruminant ungulate(explain meaning — see text). MAMMALS 215 because of the friendly custom cows have of combing eachothers hair with their rough tongues, the hair sometimes. Fig. 390.—African Camel {Cameltts dromedarim). being swallowed. Explain the saying that if a cow stopschewing the cud she will die. Does a cows lower jaw move sidewise orback and forth ? Do the ridges on the molarsrun sidewise or lengthwise. Is acows horn hollow. Does ithave a bony core . (Fig. 344.) The permanent hol-low horns of the cowand the solid decidu-ous horns of the d^eerare typical of the twokinds of horns pos-sessed by prong-horned an- FlC. 391. — PKONn-IIOKNKi telope (Fig. 391) of (^Antelocarpa Americana).
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