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B. alleni. 
Alces, species indet. 
Kquus major. 
K. excelsus. 
KE. occidentalis. 
K. complicatus. [Cragin.] 
EK. curvidens. [Cragin.] 
Platygonus compressus. 
Camelops kansanus. 
Auchenia huerfanensis. 
Camelids, species indet. 
Megalonyx leidyi. 
Mylodon (?) species indet. 
Canis lupus. 
Canis, species indet. 
Geomys bursarius. 
Homo sapiens: The contemporaneity of man with the Equus 
fauna is, [ think assured by the discovery of arrowheads associated 
with the remains of Bos antiquus, in Gove county, by Mr. H. '. 
Martin. 
Mastodon americanus: This species is rather rare in Kansas. 
An excellent pair of jaws was discovered some years ago in the 
alluvium of the Wakarusa valley, near Lawrence, and I have 
further knowledge of the same species from Manhattan and Jewell 
county. Reputed discoveries of this Mastodon are not always to 
be trusted, since it is commonly confounded with Hlephas primi- 
genius. . 
Klephas primigenius: This species has been found in nearly ail 
parts of the state, but occurs most frequently in the western and 
southern parts, and yet more frequently in the Indian Territory 
south of Kansas. Three years ago an extraordinary deposit was 
discovered in Lane county in the valley of the Smoky Hill by Mr. 
Chas. Sternberg, the veteran collector of Kansas. From a small 
area, not more than two or three rods in diameter, portions of a 
score or more of these animals were obtained, together with others 
of Lquus excelsus and of a small dog. Some seventy or more of the 
teeth are now in the University collection. The deposit was in a 
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