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but, by a most careful and nice examination and comparison, he was 
enabled to ascertain that it belonged to some species of the genus 
Canis, the skeleton of which is unknown ; or to some carnivorous 
animal between the genus Canis and Viverra genetta and ichneumon. 
The lower head of an os humeri was obtained from the same quarry, 
and appeared to have belonged to a species of martin about the size 
of a common cat. If it belonged to the same animal to which the pre- 
ceding jaw did, M. Cuvier remarks, that it must have been of a genus 
entirely distinct from the other carnivorous animals. 
A small astragalus was also found, resembling that of the cat or of 
the ichneumon, and which very probably belonged to the same animal 
as the humerus. 
An ulna was also found, belonging to some carnivorous animal, and 
of those species which have short legs, as the otters, &c. but larger 
than those of the largest sea-otters. From this bone alone, he does 
not hesitate in saying, that the animal to which it belonged is unknown 
to naturalists. 
A metacarpal bone was found also at Montmartre, which in its 
thickness agreed with that of the cats, ichneumons, and otters ; but 
being double the size of the analogous bone in the otter, he thinks it 
may be considered as belonging to the same animal as the ulna. 
Thus, then, M. Cuvier appears to have discovered the remains of 
three carnivorous animals in the plaster quarries ; and M. Camper 
possesses a metacarpal bone, which is of the same proportional length 
as that of the dog ; but its absolute size is such, as will not allow of 
referring it to any of the species whose fragments have been obtained. 
This points out a fourth fossil carnivorous animal in these quarries. 
These, with the small sarigue, are all which have been there disco- 
vered of this class. 
