MAMMALIA. 'O 



Temperate Mammalia. Wall-case 



1. 



Wild Cat {Felis cahis). Pier-ease 2. 



Lynx {Fells Jijnx). 



Otter {Lutra vulgaris). 



Badger {Mdes taxus). 



Stoat {Mitstela crminea). 



Weasel (Mustcla vulgaris). 



Marten {Mustela martes). 



Fox iCanis vulpes). 



Wolf (Canis lupus). 



Brown Bear (Jjrsus arctos). 



Grissly Bear {Ursus horrihilis). 



Horse (Equus caballus). 



Bison {Bison bonasus). 



Roebuck {Caprcolus caprea). 



Stag {Cervus elaphus). 



Wild Boar (Sus scrofa). 



Hare {Lepus europxus). 



Rabbit {Lejnis cuniculus). 



Beaver {Castor fiber). 



Southern Mammalia. 



Lion (Felis lea). 

 Leopard {Felis j^nrdus). 

 Kaffir Cat {Felis caffra). 

 Spotted Hyiena {Hy,xna crocuta). 

 Hippopotamus {Hiprpopotamus amphibius). 



Extinct Mammalia. 



Sabre-toothed Tiger {Maclixrodus latideus). 



Short-nosed Cat {Felis brevirostris). 



Cave-bear {Ursus si)el!eus). 



Woolly Rhinoceros {Ehinoceros antiquitatis). 



Narrow-nosed Rhinoceros [B. lepAorliinus). 



Large-nosed Rhinoceros {B. megarhinus). 



Irish Deer {Cervus giganteus). 



Urus {Bos 2>riuiigenius). 



M amnioth (Ehphas jjrim igen ius) . 



Straight-tusked Elephant {ElepJias autiquus). 



The reuiains of some of these animals liave an interesting 

 distril)ution. The cave-bear occurs most abundantly in the 

 oldest layer of the floor, as in Kent's Cavern and the Cres- 

 well Caves. It is the only animal found in some of the 

 caverns of Franconia and the Harz Mountains, Germany, 

 Avhere most of the individuals are aged and seem to have 

 retreated to these quiet spots to die. The British lion 

 appears to have been most numerous in the neighbourhood 

 of the Mendip Hills. The hippopotamus ranged as far north 

 as Kirkdale Cave in the A'"ale of Pickering, Yorkshire. The 



