08B0RN. REVIEW OF THE PLEISTOCENE 



247 



Foetorius vulgaris 



. Wiesel 



Weasel 



Sorex vulgaris 





Shrew 



Cricetus vulgaris 





Hamster 



Arvicola terrestris 



Scbermaus 





" arvalis 



gem. Feldmaus 



Meadow vole 



Of these forest-living animals the giant deer (Megaceros), the cave 

 bear {Ursus spelceus), the Maral deer {Cervus maral), the giant beaver 

 (Trogontherium) and the early Pleistocene species of horse are among 



PREHISTORIC 



AND 



RECENT 



Domestic 



Fig. 7. — Introduction, succession and extinction of the faunce from the five chief 



zoogeoyraphic region s 



African-Asiatic, Enrasiatic Forest and MeadoAV, Tundra, Steppe and Desert, Alpine. 



the few forms which became extinct during the Glacial and Postglacial 

 epochs. The great majority of these species survived with successive 

 subspecific modifications. 



It is a very remarkable fact that this true forest fauna of Europe is 

 frequently found in the same deposits with the "warm fauna^' of African- 

 Asiatic origin. The bison and wild cattle appear in Europe from early 



