MAMMALIA. 



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red Phosphorites of southern France, are shown in Pier- Pier-ease 3. 



case 3. There are also jaws of the same animals from the 



Upper Eocene of Hordwell, Hampshire (Fig. 2), and jaws of 



an allied genus from the 



Eocene of Dakota, U.S.A. ^<^S > 



At the present day the lemurs -^^^^^^^^ 



are confined to Madagascar, 



parts of Africa and the 



southern Asiatic region. They 



are especially characteristic of 



Madagascar, and are all small 



animals adapted exclusively Fig. 2.— Palatal view of left upper 



for a life in trees. In the teeth o£ a Lemur (Adapis magna) 



„ <■ j •, j n from Upper Eocene, Hordwell, 



Surface deposits and caverns of Hampshire; nat. size. (Pier-case3.j 



Madagascar theirfossil remains 



are numerous, and among these it is easy to recognise large 



and even gigantic extinct kinds (Nesopithecus, Megaladapis, 



Pig. 3. — Model of skull and lower jaw of a supposed aquatic Lemur 

 (Megaladapis insigwis), from a Cavern in Madagascar; one quarter 

 nat. size. (Pier-case 3.) 



etc.) which lived in the Pleistocene and Prehistoric periods. 

 The largest species of Megaladapis (M. insignis), of which 

 various fragments are exhibited and of which a restored 



