246 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM WYOMING. 



It seems almost impossible to exhaust the richness of the 

 deposits of vertebrate fossils of the West, Professor Leidy 

 having lately tfdded to the number by the description of two 

 extinct tapir-like animals, one about the size of a raccoon, 

 and the other about the size of a rabbit, and an insectivorous 

 animal of the dimensions of the hedgehog. These are from 

 the tertiary formation of Wyoming Territory. 2 7>, Februa- 

 ry 6, 1872. 



HAIRY RHINOCEROS IN ENGLAND. 



The frequenters of the Zoological Gardens of London have 

 been much interested in the recent arrival of a female speci- 

 men of the gigantic hairy rhinoceros from Sumatra, being the 

 first ever seen living in Europe. This specimen was taken 

 about five years ago in Chittagong, when partly imbedded 

 in quicksand, and was secured by the united efforts of some 

 two hundred men. She was brought with great difficulty to 

 Chittagong and kept there for some time. When first cap- 

 tured she was about six feet in length, and four feet in height. 

 Quite recently Mr. Jamrach, a well-known dealer in live ani- 

 mals, had her sent to England, although many difficulties at- 

 tended the experiment. It was necessary to prepare a cage 

 of teak, of the very strongest character, twelve feet long, 

 nine feet broad, and eight feet high. 



The animal has now been safely delivered at the Zoologi- 

 cal Gardens in London, where it attracts a great deal of in- 

 terest. This species agrees with the African rhinoceros in 

 having two horns, but differs in being covered with very 

 coarse hair, and having a soft and flexible skin instead of a 

 hard and horny one. The ears are also provided with a cu- 

 rious fringe of the same hairs. 2 A, March 16, 1872, 187. 



NEW FOSSIL SIRENIAN IN BELGIUM. 



Professor Van Beneden announces the occurrence in Bel- 

 gium of the remains of a new genus of fossil animals allied 

 to the manatee and dugong. The extinct genus Halitherium, 

 belonging to the same order, has been known in Belgium for 

 some considerable time, and has excited much interest from 

 the fact that, although entirely extinct at present, bones of 



