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peculiarities of its character. There existed six cervical vertebrae, the 

 atlas only being wanting. Little of the scapula remained ; its impression, 

 was however to be seen. The humerus was nearly entire, and the fore- 

 arm was composed of a separate radius and ulna, showing that this ani- 

 mal differed in this respect from the ruminating animals. From these 

 remains it appeared, that this animal must have had at least sixteen, 

 or perhaps seventeen ribs, on each side ; a circumstance confirmatory of 

 the opinion of this animal having been one of the pachydermata : but as 

 the sternum was not discoverable, it could not be determined how many 

 ribs had been attached to it. The dorsal vertebra were mostly removed, 

 nor could the number of the lumbar vertebra be ascertained. The sacral 

 and coccygaeal vertebrae, with the pelvis, were lost. The femur was 

 very imperfect ; but it could be determined, that the tibia and fibula were 

 distinct, as in the pachydermata. 



In at least four distant parts of France, at Paris, Montabusard, Buchs- 

 weiler, and Issel, the remains have been found of animals of the genus of 

 Paltfotherium ; some of which differed, in some respects, from those which 

 have been already described. One of these animals, calculating from 

 an astragalus found at Montabusard, appears to have been larger than 

 even that which has been described as Palgotheriwn magnum. It ap- 

 pears to have been larger than that of the largest horse, and only about 

 an eighth less than that of the rhinoceros. It is calculated to have been 

 eight feet long, without its tail, and about five feet high at the withers. 



From some fragments of jaws obtained from the neighbourhood of 

 Orleans, it was ascertained that those quarries contained the remains of 

 an animal rather smaller than the P. medium^ the teeth of which more 

 resembled those of the rhinoceros, and still more those of the daman, 

 than of the pal<eotkerium. On the meeting of the two arcs or crescents, 

 at the middle point of the W, the point was double, instead of being 

 single, as in the pal&oiherium. From this, and other differences, and not 

 having been able to obtain the incisors and canine teeth adherent to, the 



