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LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



occur in the Lower Oligocene of the Isle of Wight, and the 

 upper molars of which are shown in figure A of the accom- 

 panying illustration, belong to what is called an madaptive 

 type-that is, one which has died out without leaving descen- 

 dants. These long-tailed animals, some of which reached the 

 dimensions of an average-sized Mule, were remarkable for the 



Upper clieek-teeth of [A) Anoplothcrc, [B) Tateothere. and (C) Cory- 

 fkoJon. A is from the right, while B and Care from the left side. 



circumstance that the teeth formed a continuous series round . 

 the jaws, without any interruption by large tusks ; and they 

 were further peculiar among the group to which they belong in 

 that in some cases there were three toes to each foot, althcugh 



