. A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . t-ic 50.—A. Palatal view of the skull of the recent Hippopotamus amphibius (Linn.), from Africa ; a idB. Lower jaw of same (seen from above).. Fig. 51.—Profile of skull and lower jaw of Hippopotamus amphibius (Linn.),Africa (see Pier-case, Xo. 11). Artiodactyla—Hippopotami. 43 and embrace the deer, antelopes, oxen, &c.; but when the extinctspecies are considered, these groups are found to be connectedby many intermediate or transitional forms. Family Hippopotaiui
. A guide to the fossil mammals and birds in the Department of Geology and Palæontology in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . t-ic 50.—A. Palatal view of the skull of the recent Hippopotamus amphibius (Linn.), from Africa ; a idB. Lower jaw of same (seen from above).. Fig. 51.—Profile of skull and lower jaw of Hippopotamus amphibius (Linn.),Africa (see Pier-case, Xo. 11). Artiodactyla—Hippopotami. 43 and embrace the deer, antelopes, oxen, &c.; but when the extinctspecies are considered, these groups are found to be connectedby many intermediate or transitional forms. Family Hippopotaiuim: (Hippopotamus).—In these cases arearranged the various remains of the first genus of this group,the Hippopotamus, now only found living along the shores,rivers and lakes of tropical Africa, but once common inEngland, in the southern parts of Europe, and in India. The European Pleistocene species {Hippopotamus major),formerly considered distinct, is now admitted to be indistin-guishable from the existing African species (H. amphibius),tind to that species therefore the fossil remains of Hippopotamus,found in this country, are now referred. Pier-cases,No. 11, ,No. 6. Pier-case,No. 11.
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