. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. 228 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES In the rivers there lived in early and later Pleistocene times a series of species of hippopotami {H. hipponensis, H. sirensis, H. icosiensis) leading to a form {H. annectens) related to the existing Mle hippopota- mus. There are also two types of wild boar (Sits), and more abundant than these were the wart-hogs (Phacochcerus) found in the caves and alluvial deposits of Barbary, Preying upon these Herbivora were lions^ leopards and hyaenas, which are compared by Pomel with Pleistocene cave forms of E
. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. 228 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES In the rivers there lived in early and later Pleistocene times a series of species of hippopotami {H. hipponensis, H. sirensis, H. icosiensis) leading to a form {H. annectens) related to the existing Mle hippopota- mus. There are also two types of wild boar (Sits), and more abundant than these were the wart-hogs (Phacochcerus) found in the caves and alluvial deposits of Barbary, Preying upon these Herbivora were lions^ leopards and hyaenas, which are compared by Pomel with Pleistocene cave forms of Europe. There are also jackals, wolves, the ichneumon and, possibly, a Pig. 2.—Skeleton of the Pleistocene pigmy hippopotamus of Madagascar, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, together toith a skull of the recent hippopotamus, H. amphiMus In the Amei'ican Museum of Natural History. African-European Distribution.—Of this imposing list the following types occur both in Africa and in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene of Europe, the species being similar if not in some instances identical. Southern elephant {E. meridionalis). which is also foun^i in Pliocene and early Pleistocene deposits of Europe. Elephants similar to E. antiqaus of Europe and its dwarf representatives in Malta and other Mediterranean islands are found in the Upper Pleistocene deposits of north Africa. Long-headed rhinoceroses. It would appear probable that the woolly rhi- noceros (D. antiquitatis) which is closely related to the "white" rhinoceros (D. simus) originated in Africa, but no animal resembling it has been discovered in the African 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 New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences
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