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CENOZOIC TIME. 



a Bear, a Lion, and a Raccoon ; and these were probably not cavern 

 species ; none of the many caverns of the country appear to have 

 been the haunts of Carnivores. 



Fig. 947. 



Fig. 948. 



Tooth of Elephas Americanus (X)^). 



Tooth of Mastodon Americanus (XK)- 



The American Elephant ranged from Georgia, Texas, and Mexico 

 on the south to Canada on the north, and to Oregon and California on 



Fig. 949. 



Skeleton of Mastodon Americanus (M: Ohioticus). 



the west. The species appears to have been most abundant to the 

 south, in the Mississippi valley, it preferring a warmer climate than 



