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HISTORICAL PALEONTOLOGY. 



sentatives of its existing Camels, and lost types of the living 

 Llamas inhabited South America. Amongst the Deer, the 

 Post-Pliocene accumulations have yielded the remains of 

 various living species, such as the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), 

 the Reindeer (Cervus tarandus), the Moose or Elk (Alces 

 male his}, and the Roebuck (Cervus capreolus'), together with 

 a number of extinct forms. Among the latter, the great 

 "Irish Elk" (Cervus megaceros} is justly celebrated both for 



Fig. 264. Skeleton of the Irish Elk " (Cervu* megaceros. ) Post-Pliocene, Britain. 



its size and for the number and excellent preservation of its 

 discovered remains. This extinct species (fig. 264) has been 

 found principally in peat-mosses and Post-Pliocene lake- 



