248 FOSSIL ox, 



Bos. Ox. 



1. Aurochs. This species Cuvier considers as distinct 

 from the common ox, and differs from the present exist- 

 ing varieties in being larger. Skulls and horns of this 

 species have been found in alluvial soil in England, Scot- 

 land, France, Germany, and America. 



2. Common Ox. The fossil sKulls of this species differ 

 from those of the present existing races, in being larger, 

 and the direction of the horns being different. They 

 occur in alluvial soil in many different parts of Europe, 

 and are considered by Cuvier as belonging to the origi- 

 nal race of the present domestic ox. 



3. Large Buffalo of Siberia.~T\ie fossil skull of this 

 animal is of great size, and appears to belong to a spe- 

 cies different from any of those at present known. It is 

 not the common buffalo, nor can it be identified with 

 the large buffalo of India, named arnee. Cuvier conjec- 

 tures that it must have lived at the- same time with the 

 fossil elephant, and rhinoceros, in the frozen regions of 

 Siberia. 



4. Fossil Ox, resembling the Musk Ox of America. The 

 fossil remains of this species more nearly resemble the 

 American niusk ox than any other species, and have hi- 

 therto been found only in Siberia. 



It would appear, from the facts just stated, that these 

 fossil remains, both of deer and oxen, may be distin- 

 guished into two classes, the unknown and the known 

 ruminants. In the first class Cuvier places the Irish elk, 

 the small deer of Etampes, the stag of Scania, and the 

 great buffalo of Siberia ; in the second class he places the 



