Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — Anclent Dogs. [ARTICLE]

Anclent Dogs.

A paleontologist says that in that part of this country which is now called Colorado and Dakota there were several kinds of dog-like animals, about the size of foxes, which were nocturnal In their habits, having ”ery large eyes with which to see in thp night-time. They had great ears also, and long, sharp noses. All these things can be told from their skulls. -There was a huge species of true dog In Nebraska, but comparatively little Is known about It, because only very Incomplete remains have been discovered up to the present time. Another true dog was the aelurodon, which had some of the characteristics of the cat. It was abundant in Nebraska, had powerful crushing teeth, and is supposed to have been the ancestor of the hyenas of to-day. Probably it was a scavenger in its habits, devouring the small bodies of the antelopes and small camels which then browsed numerously on the plains and In the valleys of this country.