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Show 1906.] FCETUS OF THE GIRAFFE. 627 Okapi about this or any other region of the body. It will be noticed in the figure that the neck is much creased, more so than the skin of the body, which is perhaps indicative of a rapid growth in this region. The very soft hoofs terminate in quite pointed extremities. Text-fig. 107. Foetus of Giraffe, illustr iting the general proportions of the bod}'. The following are some of the principal measurements, many of which correspond with those tabulated by Owen for the newly born Giraffe. |