Table 2.
For each femoral specimen: RCS reference number (searchable on the RCS online catalogue SurgiCat), Quekett’s [41] and current terminology, adult body mass estimate [42,43] and whether there were any secondary osteons in it. Secondary literature supporting our assumptions for the terminology can be found in the footnotes.
| reference | common name | binomial | binomial assumed | adult body | number of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | used by Quekett | used by Quekett | for mass estimation | common name | mass (kg) | osteons |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 222 | Badger | Meles meles | Meles meles | European badger | 11.9 | 47 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 218 | Bear | Ursus americanus | Ursus americanus | American black bear | 110.5 | 34 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 45 | Beaver | Castor canadensis | Castor canadensis | North American beaver | 18.1 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 244 | Another dog | Canis familiaris | Canis lupus | Domestic dog | 31.8 | 36 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 137 | Fossil elephant from sub-Himalayan tertiary | —a | Palaeoloxodon namadicus | Asian straight-tusked elephant | 21000 | 123 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 272 | Entellus monkey | Semnopithecus entellus | Semnopithecus entellus | Gray langur | 12.7 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 272 | Entellus monkey | Semnopithecus entellus | Semnopithecus entellus | Gray langur | 12.7 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 229 | Ferret | Putorius furo var. | Mustela putorius | European polecat | 1 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 238 | Fox | Canis vulpes | Vulpes vulpes | Red fox | 4.8 | 31 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 264 | Flying lemur | Galeopithecus philippinensisb | Cynocephalus volans | Philippine flying lemur | 1.3 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 80 | Hedgehog | Erinaceus europaeus | Erinaceus europaeus | European hedgehog | 0.8 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 154 | Horse | Equus caballus | Equus caballus | Domestic horse | 403.6 | 9 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 316 | Human | Homo sapiens | Homo sapiens | Human | 58.5 | 160 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 150 | Hyrax | Hyrax capensis | Procavia capensis | Rock hyrax | 3 | 9 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 234 | Ichneumon | Mangusta Ichneumon | Herpestes ichneumon | Egyptian mongoose | 3 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 8 | Kangaroo | Macropus majorc | Macropus giganteus | Eastern grey kangaroo | 33.4 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 19 | Koala | Phascolarctos fuscus | Phascolarctos cinereus | Koala | 6.5 | 77 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 270 | Short-tailed monkey | Macacus rhesus | Macaca mulatta | Rhesus macaque | 6.5 | 70 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 63 | Manis | Manis pentadactyla | Manis pentadactyla | Chinese pangolin | 4.7 | 16 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 139 | — | Mastodond | Mammut americanum | American mastodon | 7800 | 133 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 52 | Mouse | Mus musculus | Mus musculus | House mouse | 0 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 179 | Napu Musk-deer | Moschus napu | Tragulus napu | Greater mouse-deer | 5.3 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 195 | Nylghau | Nylghau | Boselaphus tragocamelus | Nilgai antelope | 182.3 | 87 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 25 | Opossum | Didelphis virginiana | Didelphis virginiana | Virginia opossum | 2.4 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 276 | Orang-utan | Pithecus satyrus | Pongo pygmaeus | Orangutan sp. | 53.4 | 101 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 232 | Otter | Lutra vulgaris | Lutra lutra | European otter | 8.9 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 203 | Ox | Bos taurus | Bos taurus | Domestic cattle | 618.6 | 15 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 37 | Paca | Coelogenys Paca | Cuniculus paca | Paca | 8.2 | 11 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 163 | Pig | Sus scrofa | Sus scrofa | Domestic pig | 84.5 | 24 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 258 | Puma | Felis concolor | Puma concolor | Puma | 54 | 119 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 33 | Rabbit | Lepus cuniculus | Oryctolagus cuniculus | European rabbit | 1.6 | 2 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 220 | Raccoon | Procyon lotor | Procyon lotor | Raccoon | 6.4 | 14 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 49 | Rat | Mus rattus | Rattus rattus | Black rat | 0.1 | — |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 185 | Rein-Deer | Cervus tarandus | Rangifer tarandus | Reindeer | 109 | 61 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 199 | Sheep | Ovis Aries | Ovis aries | Domestic sheep | 39.1 | 72 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 67 | Three-toed sloth | Bradypus tridactylus | Bradypus tridactylus | Three-toed sloth | 4.4 | 19 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 255 | Tiger | Felis tigris | Panthera tigris | Tiger sp. | 161.9 | 222 |
| RCSMS/Quekett/Division 2/Bd 65 | Two-toed sloth | Choloepus didactylus | Choloepus didactylus | Two-toed sloth | 6.7 | 24 |
aPalaeoloxodon namadicus femora were frequently found before 1855 in the ‘sub-Himalaya’ [54], alongside remains from several other extinct proboscidean species. Being an elephantid [55], P. namadicus fits the description ‘fossil elephant’ well, although we cannot exclude Elephas hysudricus.bSee [56].cSee [57].dSome Asian and European species of Mammut also existed. The literature on this was unfortunately too vast for the scope of this study.