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SKETCH or THE HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. 



the first molar of tlio lower jaw, which has only one at 

 its jiostorior })art, the anterior portion being^ trenchant. 

 Fig. (iG represents the })alatal view of tlie sl<nll of the 

 dinotlieriuin ; Fig. G7, tlio molar teeth and the relative 

 bearing of the two rows, which approximate towards 

 each other anteriorly. 



Fife'. 67. 



The situation and affinities of the dinotherium have 

 been the subject of much speculation,- and ver}' opposite 

 opinions have been entertained by different naturalists. 

 M. Kaup, influenced by the discovery of huge claws 

 and a sca})ula, resembling in character those of the Pan- 

 golins {Mam's), assigns the animal to the Edentata, but 

 differing froni all extant species not only in exceeding 

 the elephant in size, but in having, like the elephant, a 

 proboscis. Dr. Buckland regards the dinotherium as 

 approxiuiating to the tapir, of aquatic habits, and fur- 

 nished with a proboscis, by means of which it conveyed 

 to the mouth the vegetables raked frcni the bottom of 



