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of the Post-Pliocene, the most noticeable is the Reindeer, 
an essentially northern type, existing at the present day in 
Fig. 264.—Skeleton of the “ Trish Elk” (Ceruzs megaceros). 
Post-Pliocene, Britain. 
Northern Europe, and also (under the name of the “ Caribou”) 
in North America. When the cold of the Glacial period be- 
came established, this boreal species was enabled to invade 
Central and Western Europe in great herds, and its remains 
are found abundantly in cave-earths and other Post-Pliocene 
deposits as far south as the Pyrenees. 
In addition to the above, the Post-Pliocene deposits of 
Europe and North America have yielded the remains of vari- 
ous Sheep and Oxen. One of the most interesting of the 
