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Excerpt from Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa: Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836 Bicornis, as will be seen by comparing the representation of the present Spe cies with the next plate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa: Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by the Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Afr Colour, &c. - The head mid the sides of the neck and of the body blackish brown, slightly variegated by an intermixture of greyish white hairs; the forehead and the sides of the neck, immediately under the oars, pure white; the quills of the back white, each annulated towards the middle with purple, (he points of many of them light brown. The under surface of the neck, the middle of the breast and belly, and the lower half of the limbs dusky white; tail black; eyes very deep brown; claws horn-coloured. Form, &c. - Body oval, broadest behind and wider in proportion to its length than in the common Hedge-hog. Muzzle slightly elongated; incisors of upper jaw much separated, those of lower jaw nearly contiguous; cars moderately long, and both surfaces thinly covered with short hair, the tips somewhat rounded. The back and the upper part of the sides densely covered with spines from an inch to an inch and a half in length, the rest of the body, the legs and the head thinly coated with bristly hair; tail slender; limbs very long; toes short; claws blunt and slightly curved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.