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PALAEONTOLOGY. 



the size of a fallow-deer : it bad a long and strong tail, and 

 was probably of aquatic habits. Smaller and more delicate 



species of Anoplo- 



therioids from upper 



. eocene strata have 



IS 



*£ been referred to dis- 

 h tinct genera by later 

 1 palaeontologists. The 

 researches of Baron 

 Cuvier, which re- 

 sulted in the restora- 

 tion of the Palwothe- 

 rium and Anojjlo- 

 therium, are the most 

 instructive which the 

 palaeontologist can 

 study. They form 

 the third volume of 

 the 4to edition of the 

 "Kecherches sur les 

 Ossemens Fossiles," 

 4to, 1822-5. 



Genus Dichqdon, 

 Ow. — The upper eo- 

 cene beds of Hamp- 

 shire have yielded 

 evidence of an ex- 

 tinct form of even- 

 toed (artiodactyle) 

 hoofed quadruped, 

 most interesting as a 

 transitional form be- 

 tween the Anoplotherioids and the true Euminants. Like 

 the Anoplotlwriiim the dental series is continuous, without 



