FOSSIL REMAINS OF EXTINCT MAMMALIA. I If) 



darium was a smaller species. The Chwropotamw 

 was of the hog tribe, and nearly related to the 

 Peccari, but one-third larger. The Palwotheria 

 resembled the Tapirs in the form of the head, 

 and in having a short proboscis, but their molar 

 teeth were more like those of the Rhinoceros ; 

 their fore-feet had but three toes, instead of four, 

 as in the Tapirs. Upwards of eleven species, 

 varying from the size of the Rhinoceros to that 

 of the Hog, have been discovered in the tertiary 

 strata of France. The P. magnum was of the 

 size of a horse four or five feet high, with a mas- 

 sive head and proboscis, and short extremities. 

 The P. medium was one-sixth smaller than the 

 American Tapir, but had longer and slighter legs 

 and feet. The P. minus was an elegant creature 

 of the size of the Roebuck, with light and slender 

 limbs. The Dichobune is related to the Anoplo- 

 therium, but characterised by the peculiarity of 

 its dental system, which approaches that of the 

 ruminants in the cusps of the molars having a ten- 

 dency to form a double series of crescents. (See 

 PL II. fig. 13.*). 



We must here terminate our investigation of 

 the strata exposed in the quarries near Ryde, and 



• In " Brit. Foss. Mam." (p. 440) beautiful figures arc given of portions 

 of a lower jaw with teeth, found at Binstead, by Mr. Pratt. 



