. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. FAUNA OF THE POST-PLIOCENE. 361 Lastly, the so-called Cave-lion {Felis spelcea), long supposed to be a distinct species, has been shown to be nothing more. Fig. 269.—Skull of HycEiia spelcen, one-fourth of the natural size. Post-Pliocene, Europe. than a large variety of the existing Lion i^Felis leo). This animal inhabited Britain and Western Europe in times pos- terior to the Glacial period, and was a contemporary of the Cave-hyaena, Cave-bear, Woolly
. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palaeontological science. Paleontology. FAUNA OF THE POST-PLIOCENE. 361 Lastly, the so-called Cave-lion {Felis spelcea), long supposed to be a distinct species, has been shown to be nothing more. Fig. 269.—Skull of HycEiia spelcen, one-fourth of the natural size. Post-Pliocene, Europe. than a large variety of the existing Lion i^Felis leo). This animal inhabited Britain and Western Europe in times pos- terior to the Glacial period, and was a contemporary of the Cave-hyaena, Cave-bear, Woolly Rhinoceros, and Mammoth. The Cave-lion also unquestionably survived into the earlier portion of the human period in Europe. The Post-Pliocene deposits of Europe have further yielded the remains of numerous Rodents—such as the Beaver, the Northern Lemming, Marmots, Mice, Voles, Rabbits, &c.—to- gether with the gigantic extinct Beaver known as the Trogon- therium Cuvieri (fig. 270). The great Castoroides Ohioensis of the Post-Pliocene of North America is also a great ex- tinct Beaver, which reached a length of about five feet. Lastly, the Brazilian bone- caves have yielded the re- mains of numerous Rodents of types now characteristic of South America, such as Guinea-pigs, Capybaras, tree- inhabiting Porcupines, and Coypus. The deposits just alluded to have further yielded the remains of various Monkeys, such as HowUng Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, and Marmosets, all of which belong to the group) of Quadrumana which is now exclusively confined to. 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 Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. New York, A. L. Fowle
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