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PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



marked, and the cusps b and c clearly denned. The crown of both these teeth are consi- 

 derably larger than those of any living or fossil species of the Felidse, and are of an 

 eminently sectorial character. 1 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



There is not the slightest evidence that the Machserodus was more closely allied to the 

 Tiger than to any of the other larger Eelines, and therefore the very tempting name 

 of " Sabre-toothed Tiger" must be given up, as implying a relationship which does 

 not exist. 



The size of the teeth may be gathered from the following measurements in inches : 





Length of crown. 



Basal width of 

 crown. 



Length of fang. 



PI. XXV, fig. 1. Brit. Mus 



2-4 

 27? 



1-2 

 1-18 

 1-3 

 1-2 



3-2 

 3-5 

 33 



„ „ 4. Geol. Soc 



,, „ /. Sir W. Trevelyan 



Oxford Mus 





§ 6. Evidence that Machmrodus latidens was derived from Kent's Hole. — There can be 

 no reasonable doubt as to these remarkable remains having been derived from Kent's 

 Hole, and not from the Continent, since the animal to which they belong differs specifically 

 from the Continental Pleiocene species. The MSS. also of the Rev. J. MacEnery 

 point out the precise circumstances under which they were found : 2 



1 Gervais, 'Zool. et Paleont. Franchise,' 1859, p. 231. 



2 See Mr. Pengelly's admirable series of "Essays on the Literature of Kent's Cavern." McEnery's 

 MSS., 'Trans. Devonshire Ass.,' 1869, pp. 55-6. 



