324 PALAOTHERIUM. 
of Wight, with that of the gypsum of Montmartre: the 
trenchant summit of the wedge-shaped crown has been 
worn down by use in the specimen figured (fig. 118), 
shewing the great antero-posterior breadth, which increases 
to the base or commencement of the long subcompressed 
fang. 
Fig. 118. The more complete remains of the Pa- 
leeotheria recovered from the gypsum beds 
of the Paris Basin, revealed to Cuvier that 
this ancient genus of the Pachyderms had the 
same number of incisive teeth as the Tapir, 
viz. six in the upper and six in the under 
jaw; but they are more equal in size, the 
Incisor; nat, OUtermost of the upper Jaw being not so large, 
size. Palzothere ; 
Binstead, Isle of 
Wight. proportion as in the Tapir. The canine teeth 
and that of the lower jaw not so small in 
of the Paleothere had relatively longer crowns than in the 
Coryphodon, but were concealed by the lips as in that ani- 
mal, the Lophiodons, and the modern Tapir. 
Fig.119, 
Paleeotherium magnum. 
