Table-case 

 2a. 



10 GUIDE TO THE FOSSIL MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 



Sub-order 2. — Creodonta. 



The true Carnivora can thus be traced back to the Upper 

 Eocene, wlien most of them were small creatures closely 



resembling the existing Viverridte. They are preceded in 

 the Middle and Lower Eocene, both in the Old World and 



