688 



INDEX 



Philippines, 579 



Philology, 646 



■fPhlaocyon, 238, 517, 547 



Pholidota, 60, 353 



Phylogeny, 648 



Phylum, 56 



Pichiciago, 190, 592, 611 



Pig, 359 (fore-arm bones 

 and manus fig.), 360 

 (pes fig.) ; Wild Texas, 

 161 



Pigs, 281 



Pikas, 59, 153, 181 



Pilosa, 60, 591, 592 



Pinnipedia, 59, 516 



Pisiform, 83 



Pithecia, 578, 585 



Pitheculus, 578 



Placenta, 58 



Placental mammals, 58, 

 59, 145 



■fPlagiarthrus, 481 



fPlagiaulacidse, 627 



Plagiodontia, 185 



\Plnnops, 591 



Plant-feeders, 92, 95 



Plantigrade, 90 



Plants, distribution, 141 ; 

 Florissant, 121, 122 ; 

 Green River, 109; Mio- 

 cene, 122 ; Miocene of 

 Andes, 124 ; Mioc. of 

 Europe, 122 ; Oligocene 

 of Alaska, 116; Oligo. 

 of Europe, 116; Plio- 

 cene, 127 



Plateau region, 101, 111, 

 122 ; Pleistocene up- 

 heaval of, 133 



Plateaus as affecting spread 

 of mammals, 142 



iPlatygonus, 33, 202, 222, 

 361, 364 



Platyrrhina, 578, 583, 587 



Pleistocene epoch, 17, 129, 

 130, 172, 229, 239, 245, 

 246, 263, 264, 299, 324, 

 332, .335, 336, 350, .351, 

 354, 364, 365, 386, 391, 

 412, 413, 415, 416-419, 

 426-429, 436, 438, 439, 

 448, 485, 499, 518, 524, 

 530, 531, 545, 549, 

 551, 552, 586, 588, 614, 

 631, 632; climate, 25; 

 effects of climate on 

 animal distribution, 192 ; 

 glaciation, 25 ; Euro- 

 pean, 661 ; lowest, 127 ; 

 mammals, 195 (restora- 

 tions) ; South American, 

 19, 20, 133, 296, 465, 

 476, 479 



"fPlenrocoelodon, 462 



iPliauchenia, 362 



Pliny, letter on eruption 

 of Vesuvius, 30 



Pliocene epoch, 17, 112, 

 125 ; North American, 



126 (map), 199, 201, 202, 

 229, 233, 238, 242, 245, 

 246, 248, 258, 263, 282, 

 295, 298, 299, 324, 327, 

 333-336, 340, 353, 354, 

 356, 357, 364, 365, 370, 

 372, 373, 386, 388, 390, 

 .391, 413, 414, 416, 417, 

 421, 427, 429, 4.30, 435, 

 436, 485, 486, 493, 499, 

 507, 508, 524, 527, 530, 

 531, 534, 536, 545, 546, 

 547, 549-552, 554, 598, 

 612, 614, 6.32; South 

 American, 20, 128, 466, 

 467, 479 



■ffPliohippiis, 291, 296, 307 



Pocket-gophers, 163, 164, 

 182; John Day, 249; 

 Miocene, 229, 238 ; Plio- 

 cene, 222 ; Uinta, 265 



Pocket-mice, 191 



fPoebrotherium, 252 (res- 

 toration), 257, 362, 394 

 (restor.), 397, 399 (skull 

 and tooth fig.), 400 

 (manus fig.), 401 (pes 

 fig.) 



fPogonodon, 535, 541 



tPolydolopida;, 627, 642 



fPolydolops, 627 



'\ Poly mastodon, 286 (head 

 restored), 627 



Polyprotodonta, 59, 627, 

 630, 640, 641 



Pompeii, 30 



Poplars, 102 



Porcupine, Brazilian Tree, 

 182 (fig.) ; Canada, 5, 

 151 (fig.), 153, 182, 205; 

 Short-tailed, 150, 182, 

 205 



Porcupine group, 182, 262 ; 

 suborder, 245 



Porcupines, 59, 184 ; short - 

 tailed, 141 ; tree. Pleis- 

 tocene, 218; tree, Santa 

 Cruz, 245 



Porpoises, 3, 37, 45, 60, 94, 

 442, 656 



Port Kennedy Cave, 30, 210 



Port St. Julian, 489 



Portugal, caverns, 40 



Potos, 175 (fig.), 517, 546, 

 552, 558 



Pouched mammals, 57, 59. 

 {See also Marsupialia) 



fPra^uphracfus, 592 



Prairie-Dog, 169 (fig.) 



Prairie-dogs, 164, 181 



Praopus, 611 



Pre-Cambrian eras, 15 



Premolars, 93 



Preoccupation, 142 



fPrepothcrium. 591 . 607, 608 



\Preptoceras, 202, 203 (res- 

 toration), 362, 418 



Primates, 60, 577 ; Bridger, 

 270 ; Eocene, 577 ; Santa 



Cruz, 587 ; South Ameri- 

 can, 587; Wasatch, 281, 

 580 



Priodontes, 190, 592, 610, 

 612, 614, 616 



fProadinotherium, 262, 462 



^ProdsiiKidiHK, 462 



\Proborhyienu, 627, 638 



Proboscidea, 60, 230, 254, 

 264, 269, 422, 442, 446, 

 448, 449, 454, 455, 469, 

 487 ,_ 488, 514; African 

 origin of, 234 ; American, 

 485; Eocene, 434; Mio- 

 cene, 234, 238, 4.30; 

 Oligocene, 432, 441 ; 

 Pleistocene, N. Amer., 

 196; Pleisto., S. Amer., 

 436. (See also Elephants 

 and fMastodons) 



Proboscis, 65 



fProcamelus, 232 (restora- 

 tion), 362, 391, 399 (skull 

 and tooth fig.), 400 

 (manus fig.), 401 (pes 

 fig.) 



fProcladosictis, 627 



^Procynodictis, 517, 529, 

 530 



Procyon, 163, 175, 213, 517, 

 546, 547 ; P. cancrivorus, 

 552; P. lotor, 153, 166 

 (fig.), 547 (dentition fig.), 

 552 ; P. '\ursinus, 552 



Procyonidse, 517, 518, 546; 

 Miocene, 238, 547 ; South 

 American, 552 



fProdasypus, 592 



^Proeclocion, 489 



\Proeutatus, 592, 614, 615 

 (skull fig.) 



■fProglires, 59 



fPromerycochoerus, 235,251, 

 361, 375, 376 (restora- 

 tion) 



■fPronesodon, 262, 462 



Prong Buck, 202, 225, 416, 

 417, 420. (See Antelope, 

 Prong-horned) 



fPronomotherium, 231, 361, 

 374, 375 (head restored), 

 376, 381 



'fPropalwohoplophorus 243 

 (restoration), 592, 606 

 (restor.), 623 



■fProjxili/nxi.^itdilon, 627 



■fPropyrothen'Km, 462, 487 



fProsihrnnops, 361 



fProtagriochaerus, 267, 361, 

 383, 385 



■fProtapirus, 257, 291, 323 

 (skull fig.), 324 (head 

 restored), .325 (teeth fig.) 



fProteodideiphys, 627 



fProterothere, single-toed, 

 506 (restoration) ; three- 

 toed, 502 (restor.) 



fProterotheres, see fPro- 

 terotheriidse 



