This is one of the most remarkable of living mammals, an one of the greatest puzzles to zoologists, having no near living relatives. Though bearing some resemblance to an earless rabbit, it really belongs to he hoofed animals, and amongst them comes perhaps somewhat nearer the rhinoceros than to any other animal. It is the CONEY of the Bible. It inhabits the rocky districts of Syria and parts of Africa. It is a vegetable-feeder, and very wary. About a dozen species are known.
