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24. tTapirus haysii? Extinct tapir. 
A tooth, No. 6g43. 
25. tTayassu lenis. Extinct peccar}'. 
Various remains of one or more extinct peccaries have been found at 
Vero in both deposits, No. 2 and No. 3. Further remarks will be 
found below. 
26. tBison, sp. indet. Extinct bison. 
From No. 3 the writer took- a well preserved penultimate upper pre¬ 
molar of a bison. It had been considerably worn during the life of 
the animal. There is no reason to suppose that it belonged to the 
existing species. 
27. Odocoileus osceola? Florida deer. 
Various bones which seem to have belonged to a deer about as large as 
Odocoileus virginianus are referred provisionally to O. osceola. 
They belong possibly all to the next species. 
28. tOdocoileus sellardsise, new species. Extinct Florida deer. This species 
is described below. 
29. tMammut americanum. American mastodon. 
Fragments of bones which probably belong to this species are common 
in No. 3. In the collection studied, there is a large fragment of a 
tooth. 
30. tElephas columbi. Columbian elephant. 
In the collection are four fragments of teeth. 
31. Oryzomys palustris? Rice-field mouse. 
A left ramus of the lower jaw, having the number 6773, is regarded as 
belonging most probably to this species. 
32. Sigmodon hispidus. Cotton rat. 
There are several jaws of a Sigmodon which does not appear to differ 
from the one here named. 
33. Neotoma floridana. Florida wood rat. 
A right ramus of the lower jaw shows no important differences when 
compared with jaws of the existing form in Florida. The teeth 
are missing. 
34. Neofiber alleni. Allen’s muskrat. 
Several jaws and one nearly complete skull of this species are in 
the collection. 
35. Sylvilagus palustris. Marsh rabbit. 
The rabbit materials collected in No. 3 appear to belong to this species. 
The writer has a left mandibular ramus with teeth from this 
stratum. 
36. Scalopus aquaticus australis. Southern mole . 
This species is represented by a lower jaw. 
