EXTINCT ANIMALS 



great horn, carried on a huge boss on the middle 

 of its head instead of on the nose, whilst in the 

 Miocene of North America complete skeletons 

 have been found of an enormous creature allied 



Pig. 102. — Photograph of a skull of Titanotheriuni in the 

 Natural Histoiy Museum, showing the huge molar teeth. 



to the rhinoceroses, but having a pair of horns, 

 perched side by side on the nose, instead of one 

 in "the mid-line, or two placed one behind the 

 other. The skeleton of this great beast, called 



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