182 MAMMALS. 



The fox (Canis vulpes, L.) 



The wolf ( Canis lupus, L.) 



The marten (Maries sp. un.) 



The otter (Luira vulgaris, Exl.) 



The porpoise (Delphinus phoccena, L.) 



The seal (Phoca sp.) 



The water rat (Hypudceus amphibius, L. and 



Hypudceus agrestis, L.) 

 The beaver (Castor fiber, L.) 

 The lynx (Felis lynx, L.) 

 The wild cat (Felis catus, L.) 

 The hedgehog (Erinaceus europceus, L.) 

 The bear (Ursus arctos, L.) 

 The mouse (Mus flavicollis, Mel.) 



There are also traces of a smaller species of ox. The Lithu- 

 anian aurochs (Bison europceus)}i&s been found, though rarely, 

 in the peat bogs, but not yet in the Ejokkenmoddings. The 

 musk ox (Bubalus moschatus) and the domestic ox (Bos taurus), 

 as well as the reindeer, the elk, the hare, the sheep, and the 

 domestic hog, are all absent.* 



Professor Steenstrup does not believe that the domestic 

 hog of ancient Europe was directly derived from the wild 

 boar, but rather that it was introduced from the East ; and 

 the skulls which he showed me in support of this belief cer- 

 tainly exhibited very great differences between the two races. 

 It is extremely unlikely that an animal so powerful and~so 

 intractable as the urus appears to have been, "can have been 

 domesticated by savages, and the condition of the bones 

 themselves confirms the idea that they belonged to wild ani- 

 mals. The sheep, the horse, and the reindeer being entirely 

 absent, and the domestic cat not having been known in 



* It is a curious fact that, as Prof. cate, as a general rule, larger and more 

 Steenstrup informs me, the bones from powerful animals than those of the 

 the Kjbkkenmoddings of Jutland indi- Islands. 



