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THE MAMMALIA. 



TABULAR VIEW OF THE FOSSIL AND LIVING OXEN 

 (AFTER RUTIMEYER). 



investigations made on the subject that our know- 

 ledge is still meagre enough, inasmuch as at the 

 Pliocene stage where true oxen are first met with 

 we already find the transition from the buffalo 

 to the ox in its narrower sense. The different 



