RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Owen, 1846. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. CUL-DAR.LIB.476. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. Some of this was not transcribed in Marginalia where Darwin's annotations on the book itself are transcribed.

Owen, Richard. 1846. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. London: John Van Voorst. [signed] CUL-DAR.LIB.476 PDF part of Darwin's library.


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Owen — Queries?

p. 81.—

     83, 7

     99

p 212.    Reference to Corsica cavern

p 441 & 432 { How far are Anoplotherium & Palaeotherium or rather the distinct; are they are as distinct as are at present the unequal & equal-toed Pach-Rum:— or rather were the two Eocene groups of equal and unequal toed animals as distinct, as present 2 groups —

     p 245. weight of tusks 160 lb.

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All Introduction

It is important S. America having Mammal in Eocene Toxodon & Rio Negro & Miocene Mastodon

p. 7, 8, 10

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XX Most of caves animals also found in Strata This looks as if record not so imperfect }

p. 131.    How few skeletons even any number of perfect Crania! though enough to make out species

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B. Blanca. Toxodon plateum

p. XXI

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How far can close species be distinguished by skeletons for instance American & English Beaver

How isolated would the Elephant be without fossils— How the pachydermata & Ruminanta fall into 2 new classes with his  Mastodon & Dinotherium to connect it with Tapir? or Palaeotherium

p. 442

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XXI. Dinotherium & narrow t. Mastodon diminish distance between Lophiodon & Elephant

XXXVII — On relation of fossil to recent mammals of same districts to XLIII no fossil Mammal in N. Zealand — XLIV except seal. — Huxley.—

87.    variability in rudimentary premolar in Ursus spelaeus

111    Badger oldest existing Mammal Red Crag

133; 2 varieties of Dog doubtful case.— (Q)

173.    Domestic cat. not from F. maniculata

197.    On the animals which have existed since Peat cd form in Britain.—

212    Rabbit Bones in Corsica

     214 Lagomys do & in Britain

N.B variability of Tusks of male Elephant in India is a variable sexual character

261    Southern range of Mammoth in America. p 359 of woolly Rhinoceros in Tuscany

296    Mastodon older than Elephants & intermdiate in structure of teeth

 334 342 } affinity shown by rudimentary organ

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394    Elasmotherium forms link between Horse & Rhinoceros, especially some fossil Horses.

413. fossil genera between Sus & Hippopotamus

432 Anophotherium, remarks on rudimentary teeth in Ruminants; young of latter approach anoplotherium.—

(N.B. A form whilst forming would not spread —?)

p. 436 cannon-bone double

540 on Rudimentary teeth in Whales, & embryonic character in Ruminants

514. Bos longifrons parent of British wild cattle

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