EXTINCT ANIMALS 



existed later in Asia and Siberia than in our 

 part of the world. In the north of Siberia 

 complete carcases of the mammoth and also of 

 the hairy rhinoceroses are found in a frozen 

 condition, with the skin, hair, trunk and soft 

 parts complete. 



Fig. 63. — Skeleton of a male of the giant Irish deer {Cervus 

 giganteus) dug up from peat in Ireland. 



At the beginning of the last century one of 

 these frozen carcases was removed to the 

 Museum at St. Petersburg. It is from this 

 specimen, drawn in Fig. 62, that we know that 

 the mammoth had a hairy skin. 



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