162 MAMMALS. 



of tliis family to the SiiiDiE, for, as Dr. Milne-Edwards observes, if an isolated foot had been the 

 first portion found of the fossil animal without its living ally being known, it would certainly 

 have been referred to a form allied to the Peccaries (Dicotyles), a reference which might liave 

 led the students of geographical distribution to the erroneous inference that species of the South 

 American Peccary, in former days, also inhabited Europe. The corrected inference is, that an 

 animal, not a Peccarj', but having certain relations to the Peccary, did then inhabit Europe. 



CiiEN'ROTAiNS (Teagulidjk). The distribution of the genus Tragulus is different from that of 

 the Musk-deer. It embraces five representatives, all found in the southern part of Continental 

 Asia and the adjacent islands. None of the TKAGULiDiE are found in Africa. 



AnoplotheriDjE. (Map 43.) This family, although separated loinio infcrrallo from both, forms a 

 transition between the Pachyderms and the lluminants, and has been placed in the one order 

 by some authors, and in the oUicr by others. The opinion of the majority seems now pretty decided 

 that thev were Piuminauts. As compared with the Pachyderms, they were slender, and supported 

 ui)on long tliin legs, having two hooves like other Ruminants — in adtlition to which, some of 

 thorn had a small third lioof at the back of the foot. The dentition was peculiar and remarkable 

 in this, that as in the human species, and in it alone of living animals, the molar teeth come 

 close after the canine teeth without any interval. They had a tail nearly as long as themselves, 

 varied greatly in size, and are supposed to have affected marshy places, their remains being found in 

 places and in company which suggests this idea. 



The genera into which the family has been divided, are the following, viz. : — 



1. HopLOTiiERiUM,* Laiz, which contains among its species some of the smallest hoofed- 

 mammals known, animals no larger than a rabbit. Remains of sjjccies of this genus have been 

 found chicflj' in the middle tertiaries in France (Auvergnc, Boui-bon, &c.), but also in Switzerland 

 and Germanj. 



2. CiiALicoTHERiuM, Kuup. Probably synonymous with part of Cainotherium. It contains 

 two sj)ecies about the size of a Ilhinocci'os, which have been found in the middle tertiary beds 

 of Eppelslicim. 



3. DiCHODON, Owen. Found in England, in tertiary sand at Ilordle. 



4. Anoplotheruim, Cnv. Animals of various sizes from that of a sow to that of a horse, and 

 in each extreme suggesting by their form a connexion on the one hand with the Tapir, and on 

 the other with tlie Musk-deer. Their remains have been found in the tertiary Paris basin, also 

 here and there in England, and Germany, and in the miocene beds of Sevalik, where Cautley and 

 Falconer found two species. 



5. Xn'HODON, Cni\ Slim jVnoplotheres, with a long head, and long slender legs; they have 

 the' stature of the gazelle, and it has been thought probably lived after the same fashion. One 

 species has been found in the Paris gypsum, and anotlicr (doubtful) at IMontpolier. 



6. DiCHOHUNE, Cai\ Small, three-toed species of Anoplothere. Their size may be inferred 

 from the names given to the different species, one being called Cervinum, another Leporinum, and a 

 third Mi;Rixr:M, after the Deer, Hare, and Mouse. I have alreadj- said that various authors think 



Synon. Cycloqnathus, Microtheridm, Htj^gulus, ami part of Cainoiherium. 



