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LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



occur in the Lower Oligocene of the Isle of Wight, and the 

 upper molars of which are shown in figure A of the accom- 

 panying illustration, belong to what is called an inadaptive 

 type that is, one which has died out without leaving descen- 

 dants. These long-tailed animals, some of which reached the 

 dimensions of an average-sized Mule, were remarkable fur the 



Upper cheek-teeth of (A) Anoplothere, (B) Takeothere. and (C\ Cory- 

 fhoJon. A is from the right, while B and C are from the left side. 



circumstance that the teeth formed a continuous series round 

 the jaws, without any interruption by large tusks ; and they 

 were further peculiar among the group to which they belong in 

 that in some cases there were three toes to each foot, although 



