Fauna of Saskatchewan that lived in herds; Limnenetes anceps or a cud chewing plant eating sheep sized hippopotamus; "Hendryomeryx esulcatus", "Leptomeryx" "speciosus" and "L. mammifer" or small hornless ruminant; "Didelphodus serus" or meat eating marsupial about the size of a Virginia opossum or house cat; "Thylacaelurus campester"; "Wallia scalopidens" is a fossilised proscalopid insectivore bat; Auxontodon processus; Microparamys solidus The Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary marks the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event which saw the extinction of many of these prehistoric animals which remain only as fossil remnants. Mammal species differ between the various ecoregions of Saskatchewan. Members of six orders of placental mammals which inhabit Saskatchewan. They
Chewing gum derived from natural growths local to the region and were chewed purely out the instinctual desire to masticate. Early chewers did not necessarily desire to derive nutritional benefits from their chewable substances, but at times sought taste stimuli and teeth cleaning or breath-freshening capabilities. Chewing gum in many forms has existed since the Neolithic period. 6,000-year-old chewing gum made from birch bark tar, with tooth imprints, has been found in Kierikki in Finland. The tar from which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal benefits. It is chemically similar to petroleum tar and is