v.] 



LATER PLIOCENE FAUNAS. 



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CARNIVORA (cont.). 



Ursus (Bears). 



^Elurus (Cat-bears). 



Mustek (Martens and Weasels). 



Lutra (Otters). 

 RODENTIA. Arctomys (Marmots). 



* Chalicomys. 

 Castor (Beaver). 



*Trogontherium (Giant Beaver). 



Cricetus (Hamsters). 



Microtus (Voles). 



Mus (Rats and Mice). 



Hystrix (Porcupines). 

 *Pellegrinia, 

 *Myolagusj 



Lagomys J 



Lepus (Hares) 



Sus (Pigs). 



Hippopotamus. 



Cervus (Deer). 



Alces (Elk). 



Cervulus (Muntjacs). 



* Palaeoryx. 

 Gazella (Gazelles). 

 Bos (Oxen). 

 Tapirus (Tapirs). 

 Rhinoceros. 

 Equus (Horses). 



*Hipparion very rare. 



* Mastodon! 



UNGULATA. 



Elephas J 



(Elephants). 



In this list by far the greater number of the genera are living 

 ones, and if we removed from it types like Hyana, Hippopotamus, 

 Rhinoceros and Elephas, which were spread during the Pliocene 

 and Plistocene epochs over the greater part of Eastern Arctogaea, 

 its Ethiopian resemblances are by no means strongly marked. 

 Although the larger forms (as in the succeeding Plistocene epoch) 



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