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According to Professor Gervais,^[1] the opossums were represented in France by no less than eight species.

UPPER EOCENE

Anoplotherium.Lemuroid.
Palæotherium.Xiphodon.

Fig. 5.—Upper Eocene Mammalia.

The birds which lived on and around the upper Eocene lake of Paris consist of ten species, among which

1. Zool. et Paléont. p. 334.