[294] Origin of Species, c. xi. "Geological Succession of Organic Beings."
[295] Tablet, April 21, 1888, p. 637.
[296] Catalogue of Mammals, etc., ut sup. p. 38.
[297] Chain of Life, p. 222.
[298] Les Enchainements du Monde Animal ... Mammifères Tertiaires.
[299] Chain of Life, 227.
[300] It is the "fingers" of the bat's "hand" which support the wing membrane. Hence the scientific name Cheiroptera.
[301] E.g. Dinotherium giganteum and Elephas meridionalis. (Vid. Gaudry, op. cit. 169.)
[302] Lecture at Royal Institution, January 2, 1904.
[303] A remarkable instance of the need of caution is furnished by the history of the Dinotherium itself. From the teeth, first found, Cuvier set down the animal as a monster Tapir. Then, a whole skull being discovered, Herr Kaup of Darmstadt, commenting upon the danger of such a proceeding, himself classed the beast among the Edentata (Sloths, etc.), and afterwards among the Hippopotami. Buckland and Strauss thought it must have been an aquatic creature; Blainville and Pictet labelled it a Manatee, or sea-cow. (Vid. Gaudry, op. cit. 187-9.)