CONEPATUS. 



513 



Marputius Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 581. 



Thiosmus Lichtenstein, Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1838, p. 270. 



Ozolictis Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 57. 



Rhinozolis Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 58. 



Oryctogale Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1902, p. 161. 



Body stouter than that of Mephitis; nostrils opening downward 

 and forward, not laterally; first premolar absent; pterygoid fossa 

 short and rather narrow; palate extending beyond posterior border of 

 molar: postorbital processes generally absent; superior outline of 



FIG. 96. CONEPATUS M. MEARNSI. 

 No. 5439 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. Nat. size. 



