EDENTATA. — Leidy. Ill 



EDENTATA. 

 Genus, MEGATHERIUM. — Cuvier. 



MEGATHERIUM MIRABILE. 

 Plate XX. Pigs. 8, 8a. 



Megatherium mirabile ; Leidy, Mem. Ext. Sloth Tribe, 49, 59. 



Several small fragments of teeth of the Megatherium, in Prof. Holmes' collection were 

 obtained from the Post-Pleiocene bed of the Ashley river. Previously to the discovery of 

 these specimens, remains of the Megatherium had been found in no other locality of North- 

 America, than in the State of Georgia. 



Genus, MYLODON. — Owen. 



MYLODON II A R L A N I . 

 Plate XX. Pigs. 1, la, lb. 



Eubradys antiquus, Leidy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., VI, 241; Anc. Fauna Nebr., 10; 

 Mem. Ext. Sloth Tribe, 58. 



Two small fragments of lower molar teeth of Mylodon Harlani, were obtained from the 

 Ashley Post-Pleiocene beds. One of the fragments is represented in figures 21, plate 16, 

 of "a memoir on the extinct Sloth Tribe of North-America," by the author. 



RODENTIA. 

 tenus, CASTOR. — Linn. 



CASTOR CANADENSIS. 

 Plate XXI. Figs. 1, 2. 



Castor Canadensis, Kuhl, Beit. z. Zoologie. 

 Castor Americanus, F. Cuv., Hist. d. Mammif. 

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