TRAGULID^. 



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M. 2252. Shaft of a metapodial ; from the same locality. 



Presented by General HardivicJce. 



M. 2253. Greater portion of a rib; from the same locality. 



Presented by General HardwicJce. 



Genus DORCATHERIUM, Kaup 1 . 



Syn. Hyomoschus, Gray 2 (teste Riitiineyer). 



Dentition • — I. g, C. \, Pm. ( -^j- ) , M. |. The true molars of Dor- 

 catherium are more complex than those of Palceomeryce ; but the 

 narrow, secant premolars of the former and of Tragulus indicate 

 affinity with generalized forms like Dichodon and Xiphodon. 



Dorcatherium naui 9 Kaup 3 . 



Syn. Dorcatherium vindohonense, H. v. Meyer 4 . 

 Dicroceros crassus, Lartet 5 . 

 Hyomoschus larteti, Pomel 6 . 

 Hyomoschus crassus, Fraas 7 . 



Hob. Europe. 



40632. The nearly complete cranium and mandible, in a partially 

 (Fie/.) crushed condition ; from the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim, 

 Hesse-Darmstadt. This beautiful specimen is figured by 

 Kaup in the Oss. Eoss. d. Darmstadt, pt. 5, pi. xxiii. a ; 

 it shows the whole of the dentition, and has four lower 

 premolars, in which respect it differs from the living 

 Tragulidce. The specimen is noticed by Riitimeyer in 

 the ( Naturliche Geschichte der Hirsche ' (Abh. schw. pal. 

 Ges. 1883), pt. 2, pp. 72, 73, on whose authority the 

 synonymy is given. Purchased, 1867. 



21853. Tart of the right ramus of the mandible, containing the 

 third and fourth premolars and the first and second true 

 molars ; from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), 

 France. Croizet Collection. Purchased, 1818. 



40769. The penultimate left lower premolar ; from the Middle 

 Miocene of Sansan. Presented by C. Falconer, Esq., 1867. 



1 Oss. Foss. d. Darmstadt, pt. 5, p. 92 (1836). 



2 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xyi. p. 350 (1845). 



3 Loc. cit. 



* Neues Jahrb. 1846, p. 471. 

 5 Notice sur la Colline de Sansan, p. 35 (1853). 

 G Comptes Kendus, vol. xxiii. p. 17 (1851). 

 7 Fauna von Steinhehn, p. 29 (1870). 



