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TABLE 3.3

Buteo’s List of Beasts on the Ark

Animals That Eat Forage

and Grain Animals That Eat Meat Reptiles Birds

Elephant

Wild ox

One-horned ox

Arabian camel

Bactrian camel

Dromedary

Giraffe

Rhinoceros

Unicorn

Bison

Buffalo

European bison

Oryx

Reindeer

Pegasi

One-horned Indian ox

Ostrich

Common cow

Deer

Antelope

Red deer

Common horse

Wild horse

Spotted horse

Hippopotamus

Donkey

Wild donkey

One-horned Indian donkey

Bear

Pig

Boar

Domestic goat

Wild goat

Mountain-goat

Ibex

Monkey

Cebus

Baboon

Long-tailed monkey

Other monkeys

Hare

Alpine white hare

Lion

Leopard

Leucrocota

Cala

Dragon

Boas

Bulls with exible horns

Manticore

Panther

Tiger

Wolf

Dog wolf

Deer wolf (Jackal)

Hellhound

Cepha

Lynx

Sphinx

Hyena

Wild axis

Sea otter

Beaver

Giant otter

Satyr

Common otter

Hyena (glavum)

African hunting dog

Fox

Cat

Egyptian weasel

Common weasel

Sea calf

Vipers

Serpents

Asps

Horned snakes

Hydras

Basilisks

Lizards otherwise

green and tiny

Geckos

Chameleons

Salamanders

Not enumerated

(Continued)