TERTIARY ANIMALS. 



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Oxen, Sheep, Antelope, Musk-ox, Monkeys, etc. ; also, many Reptiles, 

 among which were narrow-nosed Crocodiles, like the Gavials now liv- 



Fig. 903.— Mesopithecus Pentelici, restored x \ (after Gaudry). 



ing in the Ganges, and the huge Turtle, Colossoclielys, already men- 

 tioned (p. 520). 



The most characteristic representative of the Horse family in the 



Fig. 904.— ^1, Skull of Machairodus cnltridens. without the lower jaw, reduced in size; B, Canine 

 Tooth of the same, one half the natural size. Pliocene, France, 



Old World Miocene was a three-toed animal called Hij^arion. A 

 restoration of this graceful creature is given in Fig. 902. 



