THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THIRD SERIES. 
Vot. V.] JURY, OLS 1. [No. 55. 
EXTINCT BRITISH QUADRUPEDS.* 
By J. EK. Hartine, F.I..8., F.Z.8. 
THE extinct animals of Great Britain may be divided into two 
classes :—those which lived in such remote times that the only 
proof of their former existence here lies in their fossil remains, ' 
which have been from time to time discovered; and those which 
have survived to within such a comparatively recent period that 
of their former existence here we have historical as well as 
geological evidence. It is of the latter class only that I now pro- 
pose to treat, conceiving that for several reasons they will possess 
a greater interest for most people. 
In the first place, it adds much to the attractiveness of the 
subject if from an examination of ancient records, charters, 
chronicles, court rolls, and such documents bearing on the subject 
as have been preserved to us, we are enabled to gather some 
account of these animals from the lips, as it were, of those who 
were contemporary with them, who saw and hunted them, and 
who are able to tell us something of the causes which led to their 
extermination. In the next place, when we consider that the 
particular species now referred to, although long since extinct in 
Great Britain, are still to be found in many parts of the Con- 
tinent, and have their living representatives in the Gardens of 
this Society, there seems an additional interest in learning 
something about them. As we walk round these Gardens, and 
* An abstract of one of the ‘“‘ Davis Lectures,” delivered at the Zoological 
Gardens, June 30th, 1881. 
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