. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 192 CARKIVORA. the carnassial and the base of pm. 4 ; probably from the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim, Hesse Darmstadt. This specimen appears to be precisely similar to the type spe- cimen figured by De Blainville (loc. cit.), from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), France. If the locality of the ppesent specimen be correct, it extends the range of the species to Hesse Darmstadt. Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. Lutra campani, Meneghini1. Dentition:—I. §, C. \, Pm. f, M. ~. Hob. Italy. 37347. Cas
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 192 CARKIVORA. the carnassial and the base of pm. 4 ; probably from the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim, Hesse Darmstadt. This specimen appears to be precisely similar to the type spe- cimen figured by De Blainville (loc. cit.), from the Middle Miocene of Sansan (Gers), France. If the locality of the ppesent specimen be correct, it extends the range of the species to Hesse Darmstadt. Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. Lutra campani, Meneghini1. Dentition:—I. §, C. \, Pm. f, M. ~. Hob. Italy. 37347. Cast of the palatal portion of the cranium. The original is from the Middle Miocene of Monte Bamboli, Tuscany. The original of this specimen, which is the type of the species, is believed to be in the Museum at Pisa, and is described and figured by Meneghini in the Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. iv. pi. i. a ; the right upper carnassial is re- presented in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 28). The Pig. Lutra campani. Eight upper carnassial; from the Middle Miocene of Monte Bamboli, Tuscany. ^. (From the ' Palasontologia Indica.') affinities of the species are alluded to by the present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' vol. ii. p. 198, and are shown to be nearest to those of the next species. Purchased, 1863. Lutra sivalensis (Falconer and Cautley2). Syn. JBnhydriodon sivalensis, Falconer and Cautley3. Enhydriodon ferox, Falconer and Cautley. Amyxodon, sp., Falconer and Cautley. 1 Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. iv. p. 18 (1862). 2 In 'Falconer's Palseontological Memoirs,' vol. i. p. 331 (1868), Enhy- driodon. The history and synonymy are given by the present writer in the Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 196. 3 Loc. 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 (Nat
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