dk@browngr.UUCP (David Kantrowitz) (10/08/84)
In the Tanach (Old Testament) there is a prohibition against eating certain kinds of land animals (exact reference available upon request). The two characteristics required for a land animal to be kosher are: fully split hooves chews its cud Then the passage goes on to list the 4 animals which have one of these characteristics but not both (and thus are not kosher). They are: pig camel hare a certain kind of badger Prediction: there are no other such animals (that have only 1 characteristic). In the past millenia, we have discovered many new animals, but we haven't found any like these 4.