_Observations based upon museum trip or natural history._ 1. Identify as many ungulates as you can; for example, buffalo, musk ox, big-horn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat, chamois, antelope, giraffe, red deer, elk, moose, reindeer, wild boar, peccary, rhinoceros, zebra, hippopotamus. 2. Answer the following questions about each:-- a. What is the family, scientific name? b. What is the size of the animal? the relative length of the hind and fore legs? the relative length of the neck? c. What is the nature of the covering of the animal? d. Are any horns developed? If present, what is their size, shape, direction, and appearance? e. What is the habitat of the animal? its distribution and social life? _Summary._ In a short thesis summarize the facts you have found out about ungulates, using the following outline:-- 1. Why called ungulates? Variation in number of toes. 2. General fact about the food of ungulates. The two divisions. 3. The general adaptations for protection. 4. The social life of the ungulates. 5. The native ungulates of the United States. 6. Commercial uses and value. Ungulates: Review and Library Exercise _Characteristics._ 1. Classification of ungulates based upon number of toes, kind of horns, "chewing the cud," etc. Some of the more important families with examples. _Morphology and physiology._ 2. The variation in the number and kinds of teeth. The dentition (or dental formula) of horse and cow. 3. The various types of horns. Shedding of horns and sexual variation. 4. The structure and function of the stomach of a ruminant. Meaning of the cud-chewing habit. 5. The structure of the stomach of a camel. _Economics._ 6. Ungulates which have been domesticated. 7. Breeds of cattle--their distinguishing marks and valuable points. 8. Breeds of horses--their distinguishing marks and valuable points. 9. Breeds of sheep--their distinguishing marks and valuable points. 10. Breeds of hogs--their distinguishing marks and valuable points. 11. Angora goats. 12. The making of butter and cheese. Kinds of cheese. Substitutes for butter. 13. The packing industry. Ungulates useful as food. 14. The various methods of preserving meat. 15. Cattle ranches and "round-ups." Free cattle in winter. 16. Cattle raising in your state; in other countries. 17. Transportation of cattle. Stock cars, care and feeding. 18. Useful products derived from ungulates. 19. Tanning. Varieties and use of leather. 20. Diagrams showing chief cuts of meats. 21. Sheep husbandry. Shearing. 22. Ungulates as beasts of burden. Advantages and disadvantages. 23. Government inspection--quarantine. _Natural History._ 24. Geographical distribution of ungulates. Habitat and range. 25. Native ungulates of North America. 26. How, when, and by whom cattle and horses were introduced into America. 27. The geological history of the horse. 28. The story of the buffalo. 29. Deer hunting.