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Show 92 DR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON THE GENUS CYON. [Feb. 18, Cranial axis being taken at 100 :- Facial Relati axis ve length of palate breadth of palate • length of nasals breadth of nasals interorbital breadth breadth between postorbital processes breadth of cranium breadth of zygomata P. l Cyon javanicus. Canis familiaris var. dingo. 4 M. 1 i> n M.2 " " Relative breadth of - - . M.2 length of p ^ • » MTI' M.2 breadth of M. 1 MT~2 Length of first metacarpal.. „ index metacarpal ,, pollex „ first metatarsal .. , index metatarsal hallux 245-3 1704 1159 1431 431 72-7 1000 1409 220-4 13-6 431 25-0 13-6 340 181 250 45-4 18-1 15-9 11-3 255-1 189-7 108-1 148-9 40-8 673 1020 1142 210-2 12-2 40-8 26-5 16-3 32-6 22-4 24-4 40-8 20-4 38-6 102-2 77-2 25-0 125-0 363 39-2 111-7 84-3 235 1235 45-2 The specimens of Cyon alpinus in the British Museum are probably in their winter coat, for the animal is described as being also of a red colour, like a fox, with the back somewhat darker, and the belly and inner side of the limbs white. The dimensions of its teeth are as follows:- Length of -^- 2-1 ?L! 1-5 " -MJ -7 >i ' Breadth of Mil P5 ^1 1-0 Length, of •jj-j 2-3 ' -Q " M. 2 |