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Dorcatherium crassum Lartet sp. Miocene, Hegg- 

 bach, Wiirtemberg. Two last milk-molars and the 

 molars of the lower jaw. i/j. (After Steinmann and 

 Doderlein.) 



the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Asia. Living in southern Asia and 

 western Africa. 



Cryptomenjx Schlosser. Premolars : f . Superior molars quinquetuber- 

 cular ; inferior molars with ridge close to metaconid. Oligocene ; Quercy 

 Phosphorites. 



Lophiomeryx Pomel. Superior 

 molars quadritubercular ; inferior 

 molars without ridge, with conical 



metaconid. Metapodials distinct. ^^"- '^^^• 



Oligocene ; Cournon, Frankfurt-am- 

 Main, and Quercy Phosphorites. 



Dorcatherium Kaup (Figs. 264, 

 265, 266). Premolars: f. Superior molars quadritubercular; inferior 

 molars with ridges on the metaconid and protoconid. Superior canine 

 dagger-shaped. Anterior metapodials distinct ; posterior meta- ^ 



podials coalesced ; lateral metapodials much attenuated. 

 Miocene ; Europe. D. crassum Lartet, D. guntianum Meyer. 

 Lower Pliocene ; Europe, D. naui Kaup. India, D. majus 

 Lydekker. 



Hyaemoschus Gray. Premolars : f. Living in western Africa. 



Tragulus Brisson (Fig. 226, D). Very similar to Dorcathermm, 

 but much smaller, and median metacarpals and metatarsals 

 anchylosed in the adult condition. Pliocene and Pleistocene; 

 southern India. T. sivalensis Lydekker. Living in southern 

 India, T. menina Gray. 



Subfamily 2. Gelocinae. 



Inferior molars without ridges on protoconid and paraconid. 

 Cuboid and navicular coalesced. Second and third cuneiforms often 



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rn: v 



Gelocus communis Aymard. Oligocene, Ronzon (Haute Loire). A, Upper cheek teeth. jB, C Lower cheek 

 teeth, outer lateral and upper aspects. D, Fore-foot. E, Hind-foot. 1/2- (After Kowalevsky.) 



fused with one another hut not with navicular. Median metapodials more or less 

 confluent to form a cannon bone. Lateral metapodials much attenuated and entirely 

 atrophied in the middle. 



The direct ancestors of the stag and of the Cavicornia with stag-like 

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