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EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN.
[CHAP. VIII.
  1. Alpine Hare
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x x
  1. Rabbit
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x x
  1. Water Rat
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x
  1. Wild Cat
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Otter
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Marten
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Badger
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Brown Bear
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Grisly Bear
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
? x
  1. Wolf
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Fox
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Horse
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Roe
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x
  1. Stag
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Elk
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x
  1. Irish Elk
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Reindeer
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Urus
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x
  1. Wild Boar
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
Domestic Animals.
  1. Dog
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Horse
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Sheep
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Goat
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Short-horn
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x
  1. Hog
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
x x

The Prehistoric and Historic Periods belong to the Tertiary.

If this list[1] of animals be compared with that of the late Pleistocene mammalia, p. 147, it will be seen that seventeen Pleistocene species are no longer repre-

  1. The principal writers consulted in making the list for Ireland are Sir W. Wilde, Dr. Ball, Dr. Scouler, and Mr. Scott, in whose catalogue, published in the Journ. Geol. Soc. Dublin, Feb. 10, 1864, the detailed references will be found; also Mr. Thompson, Nat. Hist. of Ireland, vol. vi.