232 MKRISTIC VARIATION [PAUTI. 



Galictis : // :, ;/i. Xonnal adults (G. barbara 8, vittata 4, alla- 

 iiiu /"It '_' i, 1 I -jif.-iiii.-n-. 



*30G. Cr. barbara, ha\ing minute extra .interior premolar (making 4) in 

 cadi lower jaw. I!. M., ^-''J,^ 



In 1'* skulls HKXSEL found the following variations in premolars, 

 the molars being always m\- 



3 3 



p - , viz. the normal, 1 2 cases 

 o <3 



33 



3 3 



3 3 

 2 3 



L >_3 3_o 4 4 2 2 3 4 



-, ^, r ..... P 9<>>P o v? 3 3 each m one case " 



_ - * O ~~ ' ~ O ^ - ^ ^ *J *J "" 



Taken tn^rihn- therefore there were 12 normals with p, 16 cases of 

 or less reduction, and 2 cases of increase. HEXSEL', Saugetldere 



$, p. 83. 



307. - vittata: /-' may lie absent, especially from upper jaw. BURMEISTER, Eeise 

 lni-ri, <!. I.,/ Plaata-Staten, Hall.-, INIII, ii. p. -lit!) [this variation not seen by 

 HENSKL]. 



Poccilogale : i<'-..in\. 3 specimens. 

 IVIepbitis: /> , m\. '.I specimens. 



308. ConepatuB: /''.m|. 1'J specimens. Con<-i><Hn* is the S. American representa- 

 tive .it' M,-j>liitiK, iiinl normally differs from it in having one premolar less in upper 

 jaw. This tnotli is sometimes present as a minute tooth making p. Sometimes 

 on tlir i-ontrary there is a premolar less in the lower jaw, giving jjg. COUES, 

 i'ur-lx.irinii .liiiinnl.-i i if .V. .-I/id-;-., p. 1'.I2 and Xtr. 



In addition to the 12 normals mentioned two cases of /> were seen, viz. 

 C. mapurito, 11. M., KM. 11. _':,. s. and C. chilensis. 1'.. M. S29, a. In the former 

 anterior premolar is of ^oml si/.e, hut in the latter it is very rudimentary. 

 th.-r t-asc mentioned by BAIBD, Miunm. uf X. Am/'r., p. 



Mydaus : ;;;, ;;/ .'. . 1 



*309. Meles : ...iiiiimnly /yj, ///.',. In M. taxus, the common Badger, 

 // is t'lvijiii'iit ly ahsi'iit from one or more places. Of 36 skulls only 16 

 lui'l /-' in all jaws, 7 have it in each lower jaw and '1 had no such tooth 

 in .-it her jaw. In remaining cases it was sometimes absent on right, 

 sometimes on left, sometimes from above and sometimes from below. 

 Some of these ca:-.-- iu.iv I >e due to senile changes but this was certainly 

 not BO in all. Ali-em-e from lower jaw seems the most common. 

 HK\SI.I.. Mm-fitt. .lulu-It., 1S7), y. p. :>.-)d. 



< if yen us .!/. /- x the following were seen by myself. + means pre- 

 sence, absence of //. 



Tin- numbers ^iveii l>y Heiisel are the totals of ji + m, but he states that 

 the viii i.'itiuii always coin-eiii. .1 the small anterior pu-molars next the canines. 



