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"UKGULATA. 



44678. The left metatarsus ; from Banwell Cave. 



Presented by B. Bright, Esq., 1873. 



Genus CERVUS, Linn. 1 



Including Megaceros, Owen 2 . 



Strongyloceros, Owen 3 . 

 JEucladoceros, Falconer 4 . 



A. Megaeerotine Group. 



Cervus giganteus (Blumenbach 5 ). 



Syn. Alces gigantea, Blumenbach 6 . 

 Cervus hibernus, Desmarest 7 . 

 Cervus megaceros, Hart 8 . 

 Megaceros hibernicus, Owen 9 . 



In this species, which is the one representative of the group, the 

 antlers diverge at right angles to the frontal plane, are widely pal- 

 mated, and have both a brow- and bez-tyne ; in the adult the brow- 

 tyne is expanded and bifurcate, and the same feature is occasionally 

 met with in the bez-tyne. Antlers of three different ages are 

 figured by Owen in the ' British Fossil Mammals and Birds,' p. 456. 



Hab. Western Europe. 



M. 2322. Skeleton, with the cranium of a male, made up from the 

 remains of several individuals ; from the Bog of Axe, near 

 Enniseorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. 



Ennishillen Collection. Purchased, 1882. 



15602 a (15282). The skeleton of a male, made up from several 

 individuals ; from the Pleistocene of Ireland. The greater 

 part of the skeleton was presented by Archdeacon Maunsell 

 in 1843, but some bones were supplied from specimens 

 presented by the Earl of Derby (then Lord Stanley) 

 about 1840. The cranium (No. 15282) was received in 

 exchange from the Bev. Mr. Mockler, and was substituted 

 for the one belonging to the skeleton presented by Arch- 

 deacon Maunsell. 



1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 92 (1766). 



2 Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1843, p. 237 (1844). 



3 British Fossil Mammals and Birds, p. 469 (1846). 



4 Pakeontological Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 472 (1868). 



5 Beitriig. z. Naturgeschichte, 1st French ed. vol. ii. p. 407 (1803), Alee. 



6 Loc. cit. 



7 Mammalogie, p. 446 (1822). 



8 Description of the Fossil Deer of Ireland (1826). 



9 Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1843, p. 237 (1844). 



