Explorations in the Bone Cave of Ballynamintra. 195 
I1V.—Rerorr on THE AnrmAL Remains, By A. LerrH ADAMS, M.B., LL.D., F.R.S., 
Proressor or Naturau History, Queen’s CotueGe, Cork. 
The following remains of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Invertebrata, found 
in Ballynamintra Cavern have been identified with certainty :— 
MamMALs.. 
Man. 
Horse, 6 2 6 0° : Equus caballus.- 
Pig, 5 : 0 : . Sus scrofa. 
Ox, : 5 é ‘ cp Bos longifrons ? 
Goat, 6 5 : : A Capra hircus. 
Red Deer, . : . Cervus elaphus. 
Trish Elk, . « Cervus megaceros. 
Grisly Bear, ‘ Ursus ferox (Race speleus), 
Badger, ; Meles taxus. 
Wolf, i , ‘ 6 Canis lupus. 
Fox, . Canis vulpes. 
Dog, ; : 5 6 Canis Hibernicus ? 
Marten, . ‘ . . Martes sylvestris. 
Hare, : 6 Lepus variabilis. 
Rabbit, . ‘ 2 : v Lepus euniculus. 
Hedgehog, . : : ‘ : Erinaceus Huropeus.- 
Birps. 
Waders, . 6 : 0 ‘ Gralle. 
Perchers, . : 5 : ‘ Passeres: 
AMPHIBIANS. 
Frogs, . : 0 5 = Batrachia.. 
Mo ..uvsca. 
Mussel, . : 6 ‘ . Mytilus. 
Limpet, . 3 0 ‘ ; Patella. 
Land Snail, 4 6 4 ‘ Helix. 
Many. 
The external appearances and mineral characters of the human bones differ in 
no way from what obtain in the other animal remains, with which they were 
associated. 
The few long bones, although violently broken, do not present the solutions of 
continuity in their long axes so apparent in the elements of the appendicular 
skeleton of the Ivish elk and other ungulates, and the pell-mell dispersal of the 
fragments clearly show that they had not been deposited in the flesh. 
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