432 PACHYDERMATA. 
PACHYDERMATA.,. ANOPLOTHERIID. 
Skeleton of the Axoplotherium commune, as restored by Cuvier from fossil remains 
in eocene tertiary deposits of France. 3, nat. size. 
ANOPLOTHERIUM COMMUNE. The Common 
Anoplothere. 
Anoplotherium le plus commun dans les carriéres, Cuvier, Annales du Muséum, 
iii. pp. 370—379, pl. i1., vii., 
Kosi Klsoy Kills 
Anoplotherium commune, 3 s Ossemens Fossiles, tom. iil. 
Tue AnopLoruEertuM appears to have been one of the 
earliest forms of hoofed quadrupeds introduced upon the 
surface of this earth; and it is most important, in reference 
to speculations on the origin of organised species, to bear in 
mind that this ancient Herbivore presents, in comparison 
with living species, no indications of an inferior or rudimen- 
tal character im any known part of its organization ; and 
that, with regard to its dentition, it not only possessed 
incisors and canines in both jaws, but that those teeth 
were so equably developed, that they formed one unbroken 
