Abstract

In this paper the author briefly indicated those mammals the remains of which have been discovered in the Pleistocene or Quaternary deposits of Paris and its vicinity. His list includes flint implements as evidences of the existence of man, and bones of the following species:—Canis lupus, Hyœna crocuta (spelœa), Felis leo (spelœa), Castor trogontherium and fiber, Elephas primigenius and antiquus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus (a Rhinoceros of doubtful species), Sus scrofa, Equus asinus and caballus, Bos primigenius, taurus?, and indicus?, Bison priscus and europœus, and Cervus tarandus, Belgrandi, megaceros, canadensis?, elaphus, and a small species.