

RODENTIA. . 209 
Order RODENTIA. 
Suborder RODENTIA SIMPLICIDENTATA. 
There is but one pair of incisors developed in the upper jaw. 
Section SCIUROMORPHA. 
Family SCIURIDA. 
Dentition :—I. i C. = Pn. —- M. = 
Genus SCIURUS, Linn.’ 
(Including Paleosciurus, Pomel *.) 
Dentition :—I. } oo Oe > igi pelle 
acturus bulgarig, Linn.’ 
Hab. Kurope and Northern Asia. 
17644. The right humerus; from the Forest-bed of Ostend, Nor- 
(fig.) folk. This specimen is figured by HE. T. Newton in the 
Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. vill. p. 259 (1881), and in the Mem. 
Geol. Surv. Eng. “‘ Vertebrata of Forest-bed Series,” p. 92, 
pl. xiv. fig. 12 (1882). Green Collection. Purchased, 1843. 
Sciurus feignouxi, Pomel ’*. 
Syn. Paleosciurus feignouxt, Pomel >. 
Spermophilus speciosus, H. v. Meyer © (teste Schlosser). 
Hab. Kurope. 
26713. The greater portion of the right ramus of the mandible, 
showing all the cheek-teeth except the first true molar; 
from the Lower Miocene of St. Gérand-le-Puy (Aller), 
France. This specimen is precisely similar to a mandible ~ 
figured by Filhol in the Ann. Sci. Géol. vol. x. pl. iv. 
figs, 14, 15. Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. 
1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 86 (1766). 
2 Catalogue Méthodique, p. 17 (1853). 
8 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 86 (1766). 
In P. Gervais, Zool. et Pal. Frangaises, lst ed., explanation of pl. fake 
p- 7 (1848-52). 
> Catalogue Méthodique, p. 17 (1858). ® Neues Jahrb. 1859, p. 474. 
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