MAMMALIA OF EOCENE PERIOD. 
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Manwialia of the Eocene Period. 
In the first great fresh-water formation of the 
ocene period, nearly fifty extinct species of 
ammalia have been discovered by Cuvier; the 
greater number of these belong to the'following 
^tinct genera, in the order Fachydermata,* viz. 
a aeotherium, Anoplotherium, Lophiodon, An- 
racotherium, Cheropotamus, Adapis (see Plates 
skin? \ i-e. animals having thick 
sk ns includes three subdivisions of Herbivora, of whlh the 
Elephant, Rhinoceros, and Horse are respectively examples. 
^ Palmotherium. 
The place of the genus Palseotherium (see Plates 3 and 41 
large! ' i ^ as 
they had a ^horl fle h the tapir, 
and died upon the " i animals probably lived 
and Aet d!d ir"'" '^^es and rivers, 
seasons of flood S^m! bottom in 
e perhaps retired into the water to die. 
p. _ ^^oplotkerium, 
lye species of Anothopleriiim (see Plates 3 dl have I 
found in the evpsum of ti.e • cu , ^ave been 
laro-estfA neighbourhood of Paris. The 
thiS ta f ; ass, with I 
approachiittSr^ T nearfy 
third specii was S*'aceful character of the Gazelle; a 
^ species was nearly of the size of a Hare. 
those Z the In the genus Anoplotherium resemble 
toes, like ii, i their feet are terminated by two large 
e ruminating animals, whilst the composition of their 
