. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). FOSSIL MAMMAL GALLERY. 75 (fig. 46), from the Siwalik deposits of India, an ally of the African Okapi (p. 37), with which it is connected by Eellado- therium of the Grecian Tertiary deposits. Another allied type is Tragoceros, or Samotherium, from the Isle of Samos, of which a skuU (fig. 47) is exhibited. In the " pavUion," or large room at the end of the gaUery, are skeletons and bones of the Mammals of the order Edentata, mostly from South America,
. A general guide to the British Museum (Natural History) ... With plans and a view of the building. British Museum (Natural History). FOSSIL MAMMAL GALLERY. 75 (fig. 46), from the Siwalik deposits of India, an ally of the African Okapi (p. 37), with which it is connected by Eellado- therium of the Grecian Tertiary deposits. Another allied type is Tragoceros, or Samotherium, from the Isle of Samos, of which a skuU (fig. 47) is exhibited. In the " pavUion," or large room at the end of the gaUery, are skeletons and bones of the Mammals of the order Edentata, mostly from South America, including some fine specimens of the great Ground-Sloths, the largest of which, the Megatherium, is shown in the act of rearing itself on its hind-legs and powerful. Fig. 16.—Skull of Sivatheriwm giganteum, an extinct Buminant fiom the Pliocene Deposits of the Siwalik Hills, India. tail to seize and tear down the branches of a tree in order to feed upon the leaves. That this was the habit of this huge animal is clearly indicated by the structure of its bones and teeth. The mounted specimen is not an actual skeleton, but is composed of plaster casts of the real bones, most of which are in the wall-case at the north side of the room. Of the Mylodon, a smaller but nearly allied form, an almost perfect skeleton is exhibited in a glass case near the Megatheriwrn. Close by is a portion of the skin of one of these animals (Grypotherium listai), from a cave in Patagonia, showing the hair, and also the nodules of bone with which the inner surface is studded. Not far off is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by W. Clowes and Sons, Limited]
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