COMMON ANOPLOTHERE. 



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gracile. It may be more readily conceded that the Ano- 

 plotherium commune, by virtue of its habits as a swimmer 

 and diver, was either clad with a short close smooth coat 

 of hair like the Capybara and Otter, or was half naked 

 like the Hippopotamus. It is very unlikely, Cuvier well 

 remarks, that the Anoplothere should have been impeded 

 in its swimming by long ears; the auricles were more 

 probably short, as in the Hippopotamus, Capybara, and 

 other aquatic quadrupeds. 



On the strength of these analogies, and with the propor- 

 tions demonstrated by the parts of the skeleton, Cuvier has 

 given the subjoined restoration of the outward form of this 

 very remarkable extinct Pachyderm. 



Fig. 180. 



Anoplot/ierium commune. 



