LONCHERES. 



75. Loiicheres. 



383 



Loncheres Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Av., 1811, p. 90. Type 

 Myoxus chrysurns Zimm.Echinotnys cristatus Desmarest. 



Lonchctcs Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scandinav., i, 1828, Mamm., Con- 

 spectus A. 



Palate long, narrow, V-shaped posteriorly; nasals long, broad 

 anteriorly, decreasing in width to posterior end, which is truncate 

 and on a line with the premaxillae; rostrum deep; interorbital con- 

 striction moderate; braincase broad anteriorly, narrowing slightly 

 towards occipital region; zygomata parallel with axis of skull, nearly 

 straight, the jugal composing most of the arch; bullae large, swollen 

 slightly, oblique; interpterygoid fossa broad, widest posteriorly; 

 hamular processes of pterygoids long, abutting the bullae; upper 



FIG. 71. LONCHERES LABILIS. 

 Mus. Com p. Zool. Coll. Nat. size. 



UPPER TOOTH ROW. LOWER TOOTH ROW. 



Enlarged 3 times. Enlarged 3 times. 



