. The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America. Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology. PLEISTOCENE OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, AND NORTH AMERICA 455 Mammals absent or undiscovered in this Fauna: Mastodon, probably aljiinclant in the forests of the east. Giant sloths {Megatherium, Megalonyx), not recorded. Bison, or buffalo, recorded only ut Peace Creek, Florida. Bear, not recorded at any point. Mountain sheep, not recorded, a mountain type. Mountain goat, not recorded, a mountain tyj^e. Of these animals, the most characteristic are the Columbiaii mammoths, camels, horses, mylodonts, peccaries of
. The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America. Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology. PLEISTOCENE OF EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, AND NORTH AMERICA 455 Mammals absent or undiscovered in this Fauna: Mastodon, probably aljiinclant in the forests of the east. Giant sloths {Megatherium, Megalonyx), not recorded. Bison, or buffalo, recorded only ut Peace Creek, Florida. Bear, not recorded at any point. Mountain sheep, not recorded, a mountain type. Mountain goat, not recorded, a mountain tyj^e. Of these animals, the most characteristic are the Columbiaii mammoths, camels, horses, mylodonts, peccaries of the genus Platygonus, the giant beavers (Castoroides). The imperial mammoth {E. imperator) is not found. Fig. 196. — Skeleton of the Columbian nianinioth Ekplias columbi, from the Pleistocene of Indiana. In the American Museum of Natural History. After Osboru. at Hay Springs, Silver Lake, Rock Creek, but is doubtfulh' rejiorted at Afton, Indian Territory, in association with the Columbian mammoth. Its chief distribution is in the southwest. The tapir is not found in these western deposits, because tlu^y chiefly include the plains fauna, but it was undoubtedly widely distributed in forested regions. Matthew ^ has pointed out the prevalence of plains- ^ Matthew, W. D., List of the Pleistocene Fauna from Hay Springs, Nebraska. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVI, 1902, pp. 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 Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935. New York, The Macmillan Company
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