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cranium ; and the nasals are short and arched. The neck and limbs 

 are short. 



Sivatherium giganteum, Falconer and Cautley 1 . 

 This is the only known species ; and its characters are therefore 

 those of the genus. 

 Hob. India. 



All the specimens noticed below are from the Siwalik Hills, and, unless 

 otherwise stated, belong to the Cautley Collection (Presented, 

 1842). Some of the smaller limb-bones may belong to Hel- 

 ladotherium, which occurs in the Siwalik Hills; Hydaspifherium 

 apparently not ranging east of the Punjab. 



15283. The cranium, wanting the posterior antlers and the extremity 

 of the muzzle. This specimen is the type, and is figured 

 by Falconer and Cautley in the 'Asiatic Researches,' 

 vol. xix. pi. i., and in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' 

 pis. xci. & xcii. fig. 1 ; it is also figured in ' Falconer's 

 Palseontological Memoirs,' vol. i. pis. xix. & xx. 



M. 1336. Cast of the preceding cranium, with the antlers restored. 

 The position of the antlers is different from that in the 

 restored figure in 'Falconer's Palseontological Memoirs,' 

 vol. i. pi. xxi. fig. 4. Constructed in the Museum. 



17088. Fragment of the middle portion of the cranium, showing 

 (Fig.) the root of the nasals and the bases of the anterior pair of 

 antlers. This specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley 

 in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. xcii. fig. 2, and (un- 

 published) pi. A. fig. 3. 



15280. Anterior part of the cranium, showing the complete cheek- 

 dentition. 



15283 a. Cast of the hinder portion of the cranium, showing the 

 bases of both the posterior antlers ; and part of the base of 

 the right antler. The original is from near Nahan, in the 

 Siwalik Hills, and is preserved in the Museum of the Uni- 

 versity of Edinburgh. It is figured by Colvin in the Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. vol. vi. pi. viii. ; by Roylc in his ' Botany 

 of the Himalaya Mountains,' vol. ii. pi. vi. fig. Ic; by 

 Falconer and Cautley in the 'Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis' 

 (unpublished), pi. A. fig. 2 ; and by Murchison in Fal- 

 coner's Palseontological Memoirs,' vol. i. pi. xxi. fig. 2. 



No history. 

 1 Asiatic Researches, vol. xix. p. 1 (1836). 



