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quarter of the globe besides America, the only Country 

 whicfr affords sloths and ant-eaters. 



ORDER. MARSUPIALIA. 



Didelphis. 



One species of this extraordinary tribe of animals has 

 been found in a fossil state in the gypsum quarries near 

 Paris. It does not belong to any of the present exist- 

 ing species, and is therefore considered as extinct. Cu- 

 vier remarks, that as all the species of this genus are na- 

 tives of America, it is evident that the hypothesis ad- 

 vanced by some naturalists, of all the fossil organic re- 

 mains of quadrupeds having been flooded from Asia to 

 northern countries, is erroneous. 



ORDER. SOLIDUNGULA. 



Equus. Horse. 

 Equus. Caballus ? 



Fossil remains of a species of horse are found in allu- 

 vial soil associated with those of the elephant, rhinoceros, 

 tiyasna, mastodon and tiger ? Cuvier confesses that he 

 is not in possession of any means of ascertaining the spe- 

 cies of horse to which they belong ; it is conjectured 

 that they may belong to the equus cabal 1 us, the com- 

 mon horse. 



ORDER. BISULCA. 



Cervus. Deer, 

 1. Fossil Elk of Ireland. This is the most celebrated 



