EXPLAiVATlON OF PLATES 3. 4. 5. 19 



Plate 3. V. I. p. 70. 



Imaginary restoration of four species of Pachydermata, 

 found in the Gypsum Quarries of Mont Martre. (Cuvier.) 



Plate 4. V. I. pp. 70, 73. 



Nearly perfect skeletons of the four species of fossil 

 animals, , whose restored figures are given in the last Plate. 

 (Cuvier.) 



Plate 5. V. I. p. 112. 



1. Skeleton of Megatherium, copied from Pander and 



D' Alton's figure of the nearly perfect skeleton of this 

 animal, in the Museum at Madrid. 



2. Bones of the Pelvis of Megatherium, discovered by 



Woodbine Parish, Esq. near Buenos Ayres, and now 

 placed in the Museum of the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons, London. The bones of the left hind leg, and 

 several of those of the foot, are restored nearly to 

 their natural place. (Original.) 



3. Front view of the left Femur. 



4. Front view of the left Tibia and Fibula. 



5. Bones of the foot, imperfectly restored. 



5'. Large ungual bone, supposed to be that of a Toe of 



the hind foot. 

 6 — 11. Teeth of Megatherium. 



From the near approximation of this Animal to the living Tapir, 

 we may infer that it was furnished with a Proboscis, by means of 

 which it conveyed to its mouth the Vegetables it raked from the bot- 

 tom of Lakes and Rivers by its Tusks and Claws. The bifid ungual 

 bone (Kaup, Add. Tab. 11,) discovered with the other remains of Dino- 

 therium, having the remarkable bifurcation which is found in no living 

 Quadrupeds, except the Pangolins, seems to have borne a Claw, like 

 that of these animals, possessing peculiar advantages for the purpose of 

 scraping and digging ; and indicating functions, concurrent with those 

 of the Tusks and Scapulae, (see Vol. I. Page 110.) 



