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Pickering, as well as in southern Russia, as far to the east as the region of the Altai (Brandt). The striped hyæna of Africa, and the warmer climates of Asia, dwelt in the Lunel-viel^[1] in Provence, and the African elephant, now no longer found north of the Sahara, then passed from the present coast of Africa northwards to Sicily,^[2] and in Spain as far as the latitude of Madrid.

 

Incoming Extinct Species.

The above species, with the exception of some of the survivals of the Pleiocene age, are alive in some part of the world. With them are associated others which have become extinct.

Cuvier's beaver ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Trogontherium Cuvieri, Ow.
Gigantic dormouse ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Myoxtis Melitensis, Falc.
Pouched marmot[3] ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Spermophilus erythrogenoides (?), Falc.
Straight-tusked elephant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Elephas antiquus, Falc.
Mammoth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		E. primigenius, Blum.
Falconer's elephant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Pigmy elephant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	E. Falconeri, Busk.
		E. melitensis, Falc.
		E. mnaidrensis, Adams.
Woolly rhinoceros ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Rhinoceros tichorhinus, Cuv.
Small-nosed rhinoceros ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		R. leptorhinus, Ow.
Deer of the Carnutes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Cervus Carnutorum.
Thick-antlered deer ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		C. verticornis, Dawk.
Irish elk ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Megaceros hibernicus, Owen.
Pigmy hippopotamus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Hippopotamus Pentlandi, Falc.
Cave bear ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		Ursus spelæus, Goldf.

Among the rodents the large extinct beaver, and among the deer the Cervus Carnutorum and the C.

1. Marcel de Serres, Mem. du Mus., xvii. Pl. 25.
2. Falc., Palæont. Memoirs, ii. p. 283.
3. This is separated from the living S. erythrogenys by Dr. Falconer, but it is by no means certain that it belongs to an extinct species.