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Three are of Oolite antiquity ; 

 Twenty from Eocene tertiary strata ; 

 Five from the Miocene Red Crag ; 



Fifty-two from the older and newer Pliocene freshwater 

 and drift formations. 



Of the newer Pliocene species of fossil Mammalia, seven- 

 teen became extinct before the historic period, viz. — 



Macacus pliocenus. Hyaena spelaea. 



Palaeospalax magnus. Felis spela3a. 



Ursus priscus. Machairodus latidens. 



Trogontherium Cuvieri. 



Lagomys spelaeus. Hippopotamus major. 



Elephas primigenius. Megaceros Hibernicus. 



Rhinoceros tichorhinus. Strongyloceros spelaeus. 



leptorhinus. Cervus Bucklandi. 



Equus plicidens. 



Five species came down to the age of tradition or history, 

 and have been extirpated in England, viz. — 



Canis lupus, Wolf. Bison priscus, Aurochs. 



Castor Europaeus, Beaver. Bos primigenius, or Great Urus. This 



Cervus Tarandus, Reindeer. species is also extinct on the con- 



tinent. 



Twenty-six of the Mammalia, whose fossil remains testify 

 to their co-antiquity with the Mammoth, still exist in Eng- 

 land, as well as on the continent of Europe, viz. — 



Vespertilio noctula, \tk \ Lepus cuniculus, Rabbit. 



Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, j * Equus caballus, Horse. 



Sorex, Shrew, three species, asinus. Ass. 



Meles taxus, Badger. Sus scrofa, Hog. 



Putorius vulgaris, Polecat. Cervus elaphus, Red Deer. 



ermineus, Stoat. ' capreolus. Roe. 



Lutra vulgaris, Otter. Capra hircus, Goat. 



Canis vulpes, Fox. Bos longifrons (probable source of 



Felis Catus, Wild Cat. the Highland Cattle). 



Mus rattus, Black Rat. Physeter, Sperm Whale. 



musculus, Mouse. Balaenoptera. 



Arvicola, Vole, three species. Balaena mysticetus. Whalebone 

 Lepus timidus, Hare. Whale. 



You cannot but remember the great interest that was ex- 

 cited when Dr Royle, in March 1836, communicated to this 

 Society a paper by his friends, Captain Cautley and Dr Fal- 

 coner, then resident in India, on the remains of Mammalia 



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