CALAIS.
It appears that three or four species, at least, of this genus exist in the fossil state, but the remains are com monly few and imperfect, so as not to have produced much satisfaction respecting them.
The hyaena, or some animal resembling the common species, is found in different places, or perhaps even more than one, resembling the living animal, is known. The bones of one, supposed to resemble that of the Cape of Good Hope, are among those which occur in the caves of Bayreuth. Another, resembling the Canis crocata, has been found in Hanover, in a manly stratum, in company with the remains of the elephant. These bones have also been found in the alluvia about Paris. In our own country, remains of a hyaena have also been recently discoverd in a Pave in Yorkshire, as we have had occasion to mention elsewhere. Here also it is remarkable that the dung was found, proving that the cavern iri question had been the residence of the animal.
The Wolf.—It is supposed that some of the bones of the Bayreuth caves belong to the wolf, or perhaps to the wild dog.
The Fox.—The bones of this species, or of some ani mal much resembling it, occur in the same caves,and also in the gypseous beds of the Paris basin.
Lastly, there have been found in this neighbourhood some bones, which Cuvier considers as belonging to an unknown genus between that of Canis and that of Viverra.
It is supposed that three species of this genus have been discovered. One of them is found, like the doubt ful animal last mentioned, in the Paris beds, and in the same place. It is analogous to the ichneumon in form, but twice as large. It has been named the Parisiensis. The other two belong to the same caves as the bears. One of •these is considered to resemble our pole-cat; and the other is thought to be like the pole-cat of the Cape of Good Hope.