CHAP, ii.] UPPER EOCENE MAMMALIA OF THE CONTINENT. 33 



According to Professor Gervais, 1 the opossums were re- 

 presented in France by no less than eight species. 



Anoplotherium. 

 Paleeotherium. 



UPPER EOCENE 



Lemuroid. 

 Xiphodon. 



FIG. 5. Upper Eocene Mammalia. 



The birds which lived on and around the upper 

 Eocene lake of Paris consist of ten species, among which 



1 Zool et PaUont. p. 334. 



