. A history of British fossil mammals, and birds . nd other Ruminants, and by itssuperior breadth bespeaks the Pachydermal character ofthe fossil in cpiestion. These differences forbid its association in the same genuswith the Musk-deer. On the other hand, we perceive,both in the structure of the teeth and the form of the jaw,a much closer resemblance between the Isle of Wightfossil in question and the genus Dichohune. But besidesbeing somewhat larger than the Dich. leporinum, theascending ramus of the lower jaw differs in form andapproaches nearer to that of the true Anoplothenum. Inthis fami
. A history of British fossil mammals, and birds . nd other Ruminants, and by itssuperior breadth bespeaks the Pachydermal character ofthe fossil in cpiestion. These differences forbid its association in the same genuswith the Musk-deer. On the other hand, we perceive,both in the structure of the teeth and the form of the jaw,a much closer resemblance between the Isle of Wightfossil in question and the genus Dichohune. But besidesbeing somewhat larger than the Dich. leporinum, theascending ramus of the lower jaw differs in form andapproaches nearer to that of the true Anoplothenum. Inthis family {Anojjlotheriidie), however, Mr. Pratts inter-esting fossil indicates a new species, which I have referredto the genus Dichobune, under the name of Dlchobune cer-vinum. In cut 181, the upper figure gives a view of the fossilfrom the outside; the lower figure a view from the inside,with an outline of the impression left by the jaw upon thematrix : to the right are given the grinding surface of theteeth. 444 RUMINANTIA. CEUVUS. Fig. 182. Skeleton of the Gigantic Irish Deer. Height to summit of antlers, 10 feet4 inches. GIGANTIC miSH DEER. MegacerosHibernicus. Ccrvus platyceros altissinms, or Large Irish Deer, Molyneux, Phil. Trans., vol. xix., 1697, p. 485.„ fussilis, „ „ GoLDFUSS, Nova Acta Acad. Nat. Ciir. torn. x. pt. 455. MECtACEROS IIinERNICUS. 445 Cerf a hois gigantesqiies, Cuvier, Ossemens Fossilos, 4to, 1823, torn. iv. p. Elk of Ireland, Parkinson, Organic Remains, vol. iii. p. 313, pi. XX. fig. ii, (after Molyrieux.)Ccrims Ilihermts, Desmarest, Mammalogie, pp. 446, 685. Cervus mcgaceros. Hart, A Description of the Skeleton of the Fossil Deer of Ireland, 8vo. Dama of Ireland, Hamilton Smith, Synopsis of the Species of Mammalia, Griffiths Cuvier, 8vo., 1827, p. Hibernicus, Owen, Report of British Association, 1843, p. 237. Dr. Molyneux, to whom we owe the first account ofthe remains of the Gigantic Irish Deer, and
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