INDEX 



Mastodons : 



American mastodon, 100, 

 101, 102, 106, 113 



Skull more projecting 

 than that of an ele- 

 phant, 105 



Survival later in America 

 than in Europe, 102 



Teeth less peculiar than 

 those of true elephants 

 — fewer transverse 

 ridges, 107, 112-113, 114 

 Meritheriuni, Eocene 

 (Egypt) : 



Description of, head, 

 teeth, etc., 128-132 



Elephant ancestry, con- 

 nection with, 132 



More primitive niastodon 

 than any yet known, 

 125 



Picture representing pro- 

 bable appearance in 

 life, 130 

 Palseomastodon, Eocene 

 (Egypt), 126, 128 



Description of — link in 

 the series leading back 

 from bulldog-faced ele- 

 phants to ordinary 

 mammals, 127 



Size, 128 

 Skulls and jaws of series 

 of elephant ancestors 

 compared, 126, 127, 

 128 

 Tetrabelodon angustidens, 

 long-jawed Miocene 

 mastodon : 



Drawing representing 

 probable appearance in 

 life, 119 



Mastodons — contd. 



Tetrabeloden angustidens — 

 contd. 



Skeleton from Miocene 

 strata of south of 

 France, 115, 116 

 Trunk not a " trunlc," 

 but an elongated upper 

 lip, 118 

 Tusks and horizontal 

 " trunk," use of, etc., 

 120, 121 

 Mauritius : 



Dodo found in, 26 

 Giant tortoise living in 

 Court House Garden, 

 28, 29 

 Megalosaurus : 



Skeleton, drawing of, 203 

 Teeth, tiger-like teeth, 204 

 Megatherium : 



Comparison with little liv- 

 ing sloths of to-day, 

 etc., 172 

 Photograph of skeleton, 7 

 Similarity to slotli, 9 

 Meritherium see Mastodons 

 Mesohippus — three-toed an- 

 cestor of the horse, 

 136 

 Teeth, 141 

 Meyer, Herman von, 76 

 Middle Tertiary Period, see 



Oligocene Period 

 Migration of Animals : 



Results of — ^Tapir found 

 ahve in Sumatra and 

 also in Central Amer- 

 ica, 66 

 Zoo-geograpliical map, 63- 

 66 

 Miller, Hugh, 252-256 



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