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PICTURESQUE SKETCHES 



number, and general character of the teeth, they com- 

 bined the peculiarities of the tapir and rhinoceros. 

 Unlike the tapir they had, however, only three toes 

 on each foot. Their legs also were longer, and their 



Fig. 123 



PAL^EOTHERIUM. 



general form more slender than that animal, at least 

 in the species of medium size ; and in this respect 

 the Palseotherium was probably intermediate be- 

 tween the tapir and the horse. 



The Anoplotherium* may be considered as a still 

 farther departure from the tapir towards the rumi- 

 nants, having been far less clumsy and more agile in 

 its movements than either the Palseotherium or the 

 tapir. The animals of this interesting group exhibit 

 two peculiarities which are observed in no other 

 quadruped, the feet having only two toes, and the 



* Ava (ana), privative ; o?rXo (qpZos), a weapon; Orfpiov (tlierion}, 

 a beast : an animal without defensive or offensive weapons, (having no 

 tusks.) 



