206 FAUNA ANTIQUA SIVALENSIS. 



and domestic utensils, in the court of an ancient donjon of 

 the 14th century in the town of Isoodun, Departement de 

 rindre. Considerable doubt remains as to the bed and soin-ce 

 whence the fossil was derived. M. Duvernoy attributes the 

 jaw to a distinct species of giraffe, which he names Gamelo- 

 pardalis Biturigum. Professor Owen, from the examination 

 of a cast, confirms the result, expressing his conviction ' that 

 in the more essential characters the Isoodun fossil closely 

 approaches the genus Giraffe, but differs strikingly from the 

 {single) existmg species of the south and east of Africa, and 

 that the deviations tend towards the sub-genus Elk.' 



M. Duvernoy also mentions the discovery by M. Nicolet of 

 a tooth in the molasse near IS'eufchatel, determined by M. 

 Agassiz to be the outer incisor of a fossil giraffe. — Duvernoy , 

 Annales des Sciences Naturelles, No. for January 1844. 



APPENDIX. 



I. — Description by Dr. Falconer of Fossil Eemains of Giraffe in 

 THE Museum of Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



A, From the SewaliJc Hills. 



No. 405. Ccanelopardalis Sivalensis. — Upper extremity of right 

 metacarpus, probably of Giraffe, so inferred from sudden contraction 

 below articular head. From the Sewalik hills near Nahun. 



No. 560. Cmnelopardalis Sivalensisl — Fine fragment comprising 

 the lower jaw, right side, Avith three milk molars in situ, and the germ of 

 the first true molar embedded in the jaw. The teeth are well preserved, 

 the two posterior premolars being only slightly touched by wear, the 

 third milk molar shows the three barrels and composite form charac- 

 teristic of that tooth ; the surface of the enamel jjresents in a well- 

 marked manner the peculiar netted rugosity, which distinguishes the 

 teeth of the Sivatherium and Brahmatheriimiund Giraffe. The jaw evi- 

 dently belonged to a yoiing animal. The body of the horizontal ramus 

 is thick, a portion of the diasteme remains, which is thick and low; 

 there are no materials of comparison to determine with certainty to 

 what genus the fossil belongs ; but it is inferred from the characters of 

 the enamel and general form to be the lower jaw of a young Giraffe. 



No. 561. Camelopardalis Sivalensis. — Fragment of lower jaw, left 

 side, horizontal ramus, with three milk molars of a still younger animal 

 than No. 560, and of smaller proportions, containing the t^aree milk mo- 

 lars of which the most anterior is in germ, and just pi'otruding from the 

 jaw ; the germ of the first true molar is seen behind. Enamel sur- 

 face of this specimen also shows rugous netting ; but it is too imper- 

 fect for confident determination. 



No. 690. Camelopardalis Sivalensis. — Fragment comprising the 



