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CHAPTER XV. 



cARNivoRA continued — arctocyonid.t;. 



This is a small group of extinct animals, partaking (as its name indicates) of the characters 

 of the dog and the bear. 



Thej' have all, with one exception, been found in the miocene beds of Europe — the exception 

 being from the Sevalik miocene formations — and, as conjectured of the Feline Carnivores, may 

 have been brought into the Sevalik beds from their northern side. 



The most characteristic member of this family is the genus Amphicyon. It occurs with the 

 remains of the Marsupial (?) Hy-engdox in the miocene deposits of the south of France, and Pro- 

 fessor Owen regards it as the forerunner of the plantigrade family ; and something more of its 

 nature may be guessed at from another smaller species from the miocene at Epplesheim, having 

 been first referred to the Wolverene genus, under the name of Gulo diaphorus lump. It had a 

 long tail, therefore probably was more allied to the Wolverene and the Badger than the Bear. 



