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TT. B. DAWK1^'S OX THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE 



Late-Pleistocene Mammalia in Britain {confimud). 



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Grisly bear l'/>i(s finw, Lew. & CI. 



Glutton GkIo Iiiscits, L , 



Water-Tole Arvicola am^hibius, L. . , 



Red field-vole A. gla }rohu<, Sclireb 



Hare Lcjms tiiuidtcs, L 



Beaver Castor Jiber, L 



Mouse Mks musculns, L 



Shrew Sorcx vidgaris, L 



Mim 



SiiTYivals from Early and Mid-Pleistocene — Extinct 

 species =7. 



Straight -tusked ele^phant . . .Ekplias antiqiiiis, Falc 



Maiumoth E. primigenius, Blum 



Woolly rhinoceros F?iinoccro$ ticliorhinus, Cuv 



Small-nosed rhinoceros B. lepforhinus, Ow.t 



Irish elk Mecfacoros ?iibeni icus. Ow 



Machairodus Machairodus Jafidens, Ow 



Cave-bear Ursus ^Ueus, Groldt 



New forms — Living species =15. 



Reindeer Ccrvu^ tarandKS, L. ...,.,... 



Arctic fox J Cam's laijopus, L „..,. 



Badger Mctcs taxus, L ,,. 



Stoat Miisfelc. er?ni>i^a, L. 



Weasel i\/l pi(ton'i(s,Jj 



Marten M. marfes, L 



Cafier cat Fells caifer, Desm 



Leopard F.jpardiis, L 



Lynx F.I^iKv, Tern 



Short-tailed field-vole Arvicola off resits, L 



Continental field- vole A. arvalis, L 



Russian vole A. rafticeps, Keys. u. Bl. .. 



Pouched marmot Spermophilits cififlus, Pall. 



Arctic lemming J/m5 lemmtis, L , 



jS^orwegian lemming Myodes torquafiis, Pal 



:2:2. The Preliistaric Mammalia of Britain and Ireland, 



The Prehistoric Period, as I hare defined it in a paper read before 

 the International Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology, in Paris and 

 in ^Xorwieh, is the next phase of the Tertiary which we have to 

 examine. It covers aU tlie events which took place between the 

 Pleistocene age on the one hand, and the beginning of history on 

 the other. To it belong most of the alluvia and peat-bogs and 

 beaches, usually termed Kecent, as well as the contents of certain 



t =-Z?. h^^mifachus, Falc. 



:*: Identified by Prof. Bus': among the remains found in the Pin-hole, 

 CressweU. 



