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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 (x>£). 



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 



