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from the prominent eminences seen on the superior and pos- 

 terior parts of the head. The skull nearly equalled in volume 

 that of the elephant, and presented many points of analogy 

 with it. The molar teeth, ;--, exhibit the ruminant type of 

 structure. "We know only one species, described by Cautley 

 and Falconer, from the miocene stage of the Himalaya. 



Two species of the DremotJierium are found in the sub- 

 apennine stage of Auvergne, in Prance. A great many 

 fossil species of the existing genus Cervus, are found in the 

 falunian, sub-apennine, and diluvial stages of both conti- 

 nents. No less than eighteen species are found in the 

 miocene of Eppelsheim and Sansan. One of the most 

 remarkable was the Cervus megaceros, whose colossal horns 

 had a span of more than three yards from point to point, and 

 whose remains are found in the peat bogs of Ireland, the 

 Isle of Man, and in a great part of Europe, and of which the 

 annexed figure (223) will help to convey an idea. There is a 



FIG. 223. Cervus megaceros, Cuv. 



perfect skeleton of this species in the museum of the Eoyal 

 College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. A great number of bones 

 belonging to stags and the reindeer are found in the caverns 

 of Europe, and those of South America. 



