HUMAN REMAINS AND ASSOCIATED FOSSILS. 1 53 
place iii the north bank of the canal in stratum No. 2 , ioo feet west 
of the rairoad bridge. In addition there has-been found of this spe¬ 
cies a premaxillary, a sectorial and a canine tooth, a tibia, femur, 
ulna and .scapula, the duplication of parts indicating the presence 
of more than one individual. The skull and femur were found by 
Frank Ayres and were collected by Ayres and Weills. 
In size this wolf approximates the great wolf from the Missis¬ 
sippi Valley described by Leidy as Cants dims, the type of Which 
is in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel¬ 
phia. Through the courtesy of the officials of the academy the 
writer has had the opportunity of comparing the Florida wolf with 
the type specimen of that species. At the Rancho La Brea depos¬ 
its in California is. found, in the most remarkable abundance, an 
equally large wolf which has been regarded as specifically identi¬ 
cal with Cams dints. The comparison of the Florida wolf with 
this great wolf of the Pacific Coast has been greatly facilitated by 
having at hand a complete skeleton of the latter species, represent¬ 
ing, however, more than one individual, kindly furnished by Pro¬ 
fessor T. C. Merriam of the University of California. Professor 
Merriam’s Memoir on the Canidae of Rancho La Brea in which is 
included the careful comparative study of the skeleton of this wolf 
has likewise been of great assistance. 
A comparison of the skulls indicates that while the Florida and 
California wolves belong to the same group of species within the 
genus, they are nevertheless distinct. Although less massive the 
skull of the Florida wolf is fully as long as and presents many of 
the striking characteristics of the California wolf. Among struc¬ 
tural features common to the two species are the high very thin 
sagittal crest and the pronounced backward extension of the inion. 
In the Florida wolf, as in the California wolf, a depressed area is 
observed, in the skull at the front of the zygomatic arch. There is 
also the same shortening of the posterior part of the skull, the meas¬ 
urements from the posterior border of the glenoid cavity to the 
posterior margin of the articular condules being practically the 
same. 
With the exception of the canine and second molar the denti¬ 
tion of the upper jaw of the Florida Avolf is complete. In the spec¬ 
imen illustrated the incisors are worn and their characters ob¬ 
scured, although on a second specimen. No. 43S9, the second upper 
incisor is preserved and is but slightly worn. This tooth has a 
small cusp on the external side while on the median side the cusp 
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