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CENOZOIC ERA— AGE OF MAMMALS. 



somewhat longer ones in the usual place on the back part of the same 

 bone. The Sivathere, on the other hand, was of elephantine height, 

 though of slenderer form, with two short conical horns in front, and two 

 large, palmately branching ones behind. The form of the nose-bones 

 suggests the existence of a snout. The feet and legs were clearly those 

 of a ruminant. It seems to have combined the characters of a Rumi- 

 nant and a Pachyderm. The Bramathere was a similar animal, of 

 equally gigantic size, found in strata of the same age. 



In the same locality were found also three species of Mastodons, 



Fig. 901.— Elephas Ganesa, x & (after Falconer). 



seven species of Elephants, one of them E. ganesa, remarkable for the 

 prodigious length and size of its tusks ; three species of the Horse fam- 



Fig. 902.— Skeleton of Hipparion gracilc, restored (after Gaudry). 



ily ; five species of Rhinoceros ; four to seven species of Hippopotamus, 

 and three species of hog; also, Anoplotheres, Camels, Camelopards, 



