74 The Mammalia of Cambridgeshire 



The only Cetacean recorded is the Porpoise, which has 

 been known, though rarely, to have ascended both the Nene 

 and the Ouse. 



As regards extinct species, the following have been found 

 in the Peat. The Bear, the Walrus, the Beaver, the Wild 

 Boar, the Urus (Bos primigenius), the domestic Ox (Bos 

 longifrons), the Red Deer, the Roe Deer and the Grampus, 

 a skeleton of the last-named having been found in Thorney 

 Fen. The Red Deer must at one time have been abundant, 

 its remains being among the commonest found, those of the 

 Beaver also being by no means of rare occurrence. Of the 

 Roe Deer, however, only a few antlers have been found, and 

 there are no authentic remains of the Wolf, although it is 

 reported as having occurred. The evidence as to the occur- 

 rence of the Reindeer rests on the discovery of a single 

 metatarsal bone, supposed to belong to that animal and figured 

 as such by Prof. Owen. 



In the gravel, many remains of an earlier fauna, including 

 some more tropical species, have been found. Among these, 

 the principal are Man, the Bear, the Hyaena, the Lion, the 

 Urus, the Musk Ox, Deer (the three species noted in the Peat), 

 the Irish Elk, the Bison, the Horse, Elephant, Rhinoceros, 

 and Hippopotamus. Most of these specimens have been pro- 

 cured in the gravel beds of Barnwell and Barrington, and 

 from the latter portions of a fine Mammoth were extracted 

 last year. 



