DENTITION OF CONEY.
With regard to the number of ribs, the Hyrax approaches nearer to the Ungulata and Proboscidea than it does to the Rodents. It departs from the former in the number of the vertebræ and form of the pelvis; but again approaches them in the form of the femora (thigh bones), and also in the formation of the feet; the toes are four in front and three behind, as in the Tapir, and they are supplied with hoofs, or rounded hoof-like nails. They are without collar-bones (clavicles). The body of the Hyrax is covered with thick hair, which is here and there beset with bristles, and the tail is represented by a mere tubercle. No remains of the Hyrax have yet been found in a fossil state.
W. BOYD DAWKINS.
H. W. OAKLEY.
KIANG, OR WILD ASS OF TIBET.
ORDER UNGULATA (HOOFED QUADRUPEDS).
CHAPTER I.
PERISSODACTYLA—THE EQUIDÆ, OR HORSE FAMILY.
Order UNGULATA—Divisions—[PERISSODACTYLA]—Characteristics—[EQUIDÆ]—Species—Descent—First Domestic Horses in Europe—Used for Food—Mention of the Horse in the Bible—War-Chariots—The Horse among the Greeks and Romans—In Britain—Attempts to Improve the Breed—Colour—Teeth—“The Mark”—The Foot—Skull—Disease from the Gad-fly—[RACE-HORSE]—[TROTTING HORSE OF AMERICA]—[DRAY HORSE]—[SHETLAND PONY]—[ARAB AND BARB]—[PERSIAN HORSE]—[WILD HORSES IN AMERICA]—Habits—Byron’s “Mazeppa”—Capture and Breaking in—[WILD HORSES IN AUSTRALIA]—[THE ASS]—Species—Stripes—Characteristics—[MULE AND HINNY]—[WILD ASS OF TIBET]—[ONAGER]—[WILD ASS OF ABYSSINIA]—[ZEBRAS]—[BURCHELL’S ZEBRA]—[QUAGGA]—[FOSSIL EQUIDÆ]—Distribution—[HIPPARION].