FAUNA OF THE POST-PLIOCENE. 



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of the Post-Pliocene, the most noticeable is the Reindeer, 

 an essentially northern type, existing at the present day in 



Fig. 264. Skeleton of the " Irish Elk" (CervTismegaceros). 

 Pos>Pliccene, Britain. 



Northern Europe, and also (under the name of the " Caribou") 

 in North America. When the cold of the Glacial period be- 

 came established, this boreal species was enabled to invade 

 Central and Western Europe in great herds, and its remains 

 are found abundantly in cave-earths and other Post-Pliocene 

 deposits as far south as the Pyrenees. 



In addition to the above, the Post -Pliocene deposits of 

 Europe and North America have yielded the remains of vari- 

 ous Sheep and Oxen. One of the most interesting of the 



