EDENTATA. — Leii.y. Ill 



EDENTATA. 

 Genus, MEGATHERIUM. — CuviER. 



MEGATHERIUM MIRABTLE. 

 Plate XX. Fios. 8, 8a. 



Megatherium mirabile, Leidij, Mem. Ext. Sloth Tribe, 49, 59. 



Several small fragments of teeth of the il/e^«//im2<wz, in Prof Holmes' collection were 

 obtained from the Post-Pleiocene bed of the Ashley river. Previously to the discovery of 

 these specimens, remains of the Megatherium had been found in no other locality of North- 

 America, than in the State of Georgia. 



Genus, MYLODON. — Owen 



M Y L D N II A R L A N I . 



Plate XX. Figs. 7, \a, lb. 



Eubradys antiquus, Leidi/., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., VI, 241; Anc. Fauna Nebr., 10; 

 Mem. Ext. Sloth Tribe, 58. 



Two small fragments of lower molar teeth of iVfy/orfow i7«r/o'm', were obtained from the 

 Ashley Post-Pleiocene beds. One of the fragments is represented in figures 21, plate 16, 

 of "a memoir on the extinct Sloth Tribe of North-America," by the author. 



RODENTIA. 



Genus, CASTOR. — Linn. 



CASTOR CANADENSIS. 

 Plate XXI. Figs. 1, 2. 



Castor Canadensis, Kuhl, Beit. z. Zoologie. 

 Castor Americanus, F. Cuv., Hist. d. Mammif. 

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