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horns; bones of the nose forming a large arch, consolidated by a ver- 

 tical partition., which is wanting in the living species; body covered 

 with thick hair. Size larger than the African rhinoceros 

 Found fossil in Siberia,, Germany, France, and England. 



R. Cuvicri, Desm. (R. leptorhinus, Cuv.) Form approaching that 

 of the African species ; head with two horns. Cuv, Reg. An. i. 

 240. Found fossil in Italy. 



R. minimus, Cuv. About the size of the hog; incisive teeth in 

 both jaws Found fossil in France. 



Gen. 132. HYIIAX, Hermann, Cuv. Geoff. Cavia, Pall. 

 Incisors f , false molars J-J, molars J-g = 32. Two strong 

 bent incisors in the upper jaw, and two very little canines 

 in youth ; four inferior incisors without canines ; body co- 

 vered abundantly with hair of two kinds, one woolly and 

 short, the other long and silky ; four toes on the fore-feet, 

 and three on those behind ; nails small, flat, and scarcely 

 covering the upper part of the toes ; head large ; nostrils 

 oblique ; upper lip cleft ; ears large and rounded ; no tail ; 

 two pectoral and four ventral mammae. 



H. Capensis, Desm. Fur thick, of a grayish brown above, and 

 whitish below. About two feet long. Inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope Shaw, ii. pi. 164. 

 This singular little animal, the Coney of the Sacred Writings, inhabits holes in 



rocks, and feeds on vegetables, roots, and fruits. It is found in the neighbourhood 



of the Cape of Good Hope, in Abyssinia, and on Mount Libanus. The H. Syriacus 



of Gmelin does not seem to differ from the present species. 



Gen. 133. PAL^EOTHERIUM, Cuv. (Fossil.) 



Incisors , canines ^-^, molars ?~J = 44. Incisors ranged 

 in the same line, wedge-shaped ; canines conical, crossing 

 each other ; molars of a square form, separated from the ca- 

 nines by an empty space, with four roots, ridged with enamel ; 

 general form of the head like that of the tapir. Oss. Foss. 

 * PALJEOTHERIA, proper. Inferior molars in double crescents. 



P. magnum, Cuv. Size of the horse. 



P. medium, Cuv. Size of the hog ; feet long and slender. 



P. crassum, Cuv. Size of the hog ; feet shorter and broader than 

 the preceding. 



P. curtum, Cuv. Size of a little sheep ; legs very short and thick, 



P. minus, Cuv. Size of a small sheep ; legs slender All found 

 fossil in the gypsum quarries near Paris. 



** LOPHIODON. Inferior molars crowned with transverse eminences. 

 L. giganteum, Cuv. Size of the rhinoceros. About eight feet 

 long. Found in the fresh water formations. 



