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profile) continuing from end of nose almost to parietals, thus bringing 

 highest part of cranium far back over braincase [in amblyceps the 

 highest part is over orbits, on plane of postorbital processes] ; frontals 

 flat [in amblyceps strongly convex, the sides decurved] ; nasals smaller, 

 more wedge-shape, and straight or neaVly straight [in amblyceps the ante 

 rior third is strongly upturned] ; rostrum more slender anteriorly ; anterior 

 nares narrower ; occipitosphenoid length shorter ; canines more slender ; 

 outer incisors decidedly smaller; upper molars slightly larger, more broadly 

 and squarely truncate anteriorly [in amblyceps more rounded and retreat 

 ing on inner side]. Naked nose pad very long ; ears rather long. 



Color. Black, the woolly underfur very dark brown; muzzle dark 

 brown in type specimen (old female), but light brown, almost yellowish 

 brown, in half-grown cub. 



Measurements (type specimen). Total length, 1,290 ; tail, 66; hind foot, 

 210. 



Remarks. I have not seen an adult male from Coahuila, but if the ani 

 mal inhabiting the Davis Mountains, Texas, is the same, the old female 

 has a remarkable skull, the nose strongly pugged, the frontals rising ab 

 ruptly much higher than in amblyceps. 



