432 



PACHYDERMATA. 



PACHYDERM ATA. 



ANOPLOTHERIIDM. 



Fig. 175. 



Skeleton of the Anoplotlterium commune, as restored by Cuvier from fossil remains 

 in eocene tertiary deposits of France. -^ nat. size. 



ANOPLOTHEEIUM COMMUNE. 



Anoplothere. 



The Common 



Anoplotherium le plus commun dans les carrieres, CUVIER, Annales du Museum, 



iii. pp. 370 379, pi. ii.,viii., 

 x., xi., xiii. 



Anoplotlierium commune, Ossemens Fossiles, torn. Hi. 



THE ANOPLOTHERIUM appears to have been one of the 

 earliest forms of hoofed quadrupeds introduced upon the 

 surface of this earth ; and it is most important, in reference 

 to speculations on the origin of organised species, to bear in 

 mind that this ancient Herbivore presents, in comparison 

 with living species, no indications of an inferior or rudimen- 

 tal character in any known part of its organization ; and 

 that, with regard to its dentition, it not only possessed 

 incisors and canines in both jaws, but that those teeth 

 were so equably developed, that they formed one unbroken 



