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CHAP. IV.]
UPPER PLEIOCENE MAMMALIA OF FRANCE.
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associated with Elephas meridionalis (Fig. 18), the earliest of the true elephants discovered in Europe, and characterised by the possession of teeth intermediate in

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    12.—Cervus perrieri, Cr. and Job., Mont. Perrier,
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  1. 12a.—C. issiodorensis
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  1. 13.—C. etueriarum
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  1. 14.—C. pardinensis
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structure between those of the mastodon and the Indian elephant. A hippopotamus is present also (H. major), which I am unable to distinguish from the numerous varieties of the river horse (Hippopotamus amphibius)