386 ^Y. B. BAAYKTNS ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE 



Continent, and appear to me to fall naturally into three divisions — 

 Lower, Middle, and Upper. , 



7. The Loiver-Miocene Mammalia of France. 



The animals which characterize the Lower Miocenes of France 

 consist of the following species derived from (1) St. Gerand-le-Puy 

 (AUier), (2) Yanmas and St. Pourcin-snr-Hetre (AUier), (3) Issoire, 

 Yolvic (Pny-de-Dome). — Gervais, Zool. et Paleont. Franc, pp. 341 et 

 seq. 



Marsupialia. 



Didelphys = Peratherium {3YK 

 Hya3nodon leptorhynclius, de Laiz. (2). 



TJngulata Perissobactyla. 



Ebinoceros minutus, Cuvier (3). 

 Tapiris Poireri, Pomel (2). 



TJngulata Artiodactyla. 



Palseochoerus (Hyotheriuin) (1), (3). 

 Anthracotherium magnum, Citv. (3). 

 Hyopotamus borbonicus, Gerv. (2). 



TJngulata Artiodactyla Ruminantia. 



Dremotherium Feignouxii, Geoff. (1), (3). 

 Amphitraguliis elegans, Pomel (1), (3). 

 Cainotherium commune, Gerv. (1), (3). 

 Synapbodus bracliygnathus, Fomel (3). 



Carnivora. 



Amphicyon gracilis, Pomel (]). Mustela Croizeti, Pomel (3). 



■ brevirostris, Gerv. (3). elegans, Gerv. (1). 



Viverra primaeva, Pomel (3). • sectoria, Gerv. (3). 



antiqua, Blainv. (1). angustifrons, Gerv. (1). 



Potamotberium Valetoni, Gerv. (1). niinuta, Gerv.{l). 



Mustela plesictis, de Laiz. (1). 



EODENTIA. 



Steneofiber viciacensis, Gerv. (1). Myoxus murinus, Pomel (1). 



Sciurus (1). Cricetodon (3). 



Theridomys breviceps, Geo'v. (3). Titanomys yisenoviensis, Meyer (1).^ 

 - — Blainvillei, Gerv. (3). 



Insectivora. 



Erinaceus arvensis, Blainv. (3). Sorex antiquus, Pomel (1). 



Myogale naiadum, Pomel (3). Talpa acutidentata, Blainv. (3). 



Plesiosorex soricinoides, Gerv. (3). antiqua, Blainv. (3). 



Mysarachne Picteti, Pomel (3). 



The Mammalia of Eonzon, Villebramar, and Le Puy-en-Yelay, con- 

 sidered by Prof. Gaudryt to belong to a still lower horizon of the 



* These numbers relate to the above localities. 

 ■ t 'Les Enchainements,' p. 5, and ' Les Animaux Fossiles de Mont Leberon/ 

 4to, p. 86. 



