COMMON ANOPLOTHERE. 439 
gracile. It may be more readily conceded that the Ano- 
plotherium commune, by virtue of its habits as a swimmer 
and diver, was either clad with a short close smooth coat 
of hair like the Capybara and Otter, or was half naked 
like the Hippopotamus. It is very unlikely, Cuvier well 
remarks, that the Anoplothere should have been impeded 
in its swimming by long ears; the auricles were more 
probably short, as in the Hippopotamus, Capybara, and 
other aquatic quadrupeds. 
On the strength of these analogies, and with the propor- 
tions demonstrated by the parts of the skeleton, Cuvier has 
given the subjoined restoration of the outward form of this 
very remarkable extinct Pachyderm. 
Fig. 180. 
Anoplotherium commune. 
