THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Next are the giant pigs, or Elotheres, and the mounted 

 skeleton of a pigmy hippopotamus. Directly opposite will 

 be found the Rhinoceroses, abundant in North America in 

 former geological ages, represented by six complete skele- 

 tons and a large number of skulls of living and extinct kinds 

 from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Adjacent 

 are skeletons of Titanotheres, extinct gigantic animals 

 somewhat resembling the rhinoceros in general form, found 

 in the Oligocene formations of North America. The most 

 recent, or final, stage of evolution of these animals is repre- 

 sented in the mounted skeleton of a specimen found in 

 South Dakota, fourteen feet long, eight feet high and four 

 feet broad. In the end wall case is a series of skulls, show- 

 ing the stages of evolution, and plaster restorations of the 

 heads of different genera are on the wall near-by. 



The remaining alcove sections on the opposite side of the 

 hall contain early Tertiary ancestors of the dogs, cats and 

 other small mammals such as the rodents, marsupials and 

 insectivores, the lemurs and monkeys, concluding with the 

 exhibit of Uintatheres, extinct horned animals about the size 

 of a rhinoceros, found fossil in the Eocene deposits of 

 western United States. 



In the center of the hall are especially interesting groups 

 and specimens including the Asphalt Group, from Rancho 

 La Brea, California, which will well repay attention. Other 

 skeletons and skulls from this remarkable fossil deposit are 

 shown in their appropriate places in the hall. 



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