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most molars, as in the larger fossil GrirafiPe of India (See 

 antea, p. 201, and PL XYL figs. 5, 5 a, and 6) ; while the 

 middle of each of these divisions at the inner side is so 

 compressed vertically as almost to present an obsolete or 

 indistinct form of keel. The following are the comparative 

 dimensions, as in the case of the previous specimen : — • 



It is not necessary to follow up the comparison of the fossil 

 teeth with those of the Bovidw, Cervidce, and other families 

 of the order, from all of which they appear to be more re- 

 moved than from the Sivatherium and Giraffe. The molars 

 of the Euminantia generally are formed so much upon the 

 same plan, that it is not easy to draw sufficient generic dis- 

 tinctions from them alone. The characters presented by these 

 Perim fossils, so far as they go, certainly distinguish them 

 from the Sivatherium, and also from the Giraffes, fossil and 

 recent ; but their nearest affinity appears to be with the 

 latter genus, and they probably belong to the same family. 

 The materials presented here, as in the case of the Dinothe- 

 rium, are much too scanty at present for any conclusive 

 opinion on the subject. Meanwhile, under the conviction of 

 the generic distinctness of the Perim Ruminant, I propose 

 considering it as a genus under the name of Bramatherium,^ 

 with the specific title of B. Perimense, to mark the rich and 

 interesting fossil locality where it was found. 



The Dinotherium, Giraffe, and Bramatherium, are the only 

 Perim fossils which it is intended to particularize by descrip- 

 tion in this communication. But Captain Fulljames's collec- 

 tion includes specimens of a great many other forms, which 

 prove that the clay conglomerates of the Gulf of Cambay 

 contain entombed in them the remains of a very extensive 

 and varied fauna. Among them there occurs one species of 



• The name Sivatherium, derived from 

 the Hindoo God Siva, having been ad- 

 mitted for one great fossil Ruminant 

 from India, Bramatherium, derived 

 from the God Bramah, may conve- 

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niently be applied to another ; the 

 ordinal relationship of the two will thus 

 be easily remembered, together with 

 their common Indian origin. 



