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BULLETIN 171, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Table 9. — Mensurements {in rmllimeters) of skeleton of Gulo gidleyi 



Measurement 



Skull 



Total length of skull from anterior end of premaxillaries to occipital condyles 



Width at mastoids 



Width across zygomatic arches. 



Width of muzzle at canines 



Width of muzzle at infraorbital foramen 



Width between orbits.. 



Width across postorbital processes 



Width at postorbital constriction 



Superior dentition 



Length of upper tooth series, canine to M', inclusive 



P*, anteroposterior diameter 



P*, transverse diameter including protocone.. 



P*, transverse diameter (greatest) posterior to protocone 



M', anteroposterior diameter of external portion 



M', anteroposterior diameter of internal portion , 



M', transverse diameter 



Mandible and inferior dentition 



Depth of lower jaw below trigonid of carnassial 



Length of lower tooth series, canine to M2, inclusive... 



Ml, anteroposterior diameter 



Ml, greatest transverse diameter of anterior portion 



Ml, greatest transverse diameter of posterior portion.. 



Anterior limb 



Greatest length of scapula from coracoid process to suprascapular border.. 



Greatest width of articulating end of scapula measured across glenoid cavity 



Distance from inner border of glenoid cavity of scapula to outer surface of acromion 



Greatest length of humerus.. 



Greatest transverse diameter of proximal extremity of humerus 



Greatest anteroposterior diameter of proximal extremity of humerus , 



Greatest width of distal extremity of humerus , 



Greatest length of ulna 



Greatest transverse width across sigmoid cavity of ulna , 



Distance from distal margin of sigmoid cavity to distal end of ulna 



Greatest length of radius 



Long diameter of proximal end of radius 



Greatest width of distal end of radius , 



Length of first metacarpal 



Length of second metacarpal 



Length of third metacarpal 



Length of fourth metacarpal , 



Length of fifth metacarpal 



Posterior limb 



Length from anterior end of ilium to posterior border of ischium 



Width of ilium. 



Width of ischium measured from Ischial tuberosity to posterior end of ischial symphysis 



Diameter of acetabulum measured at right angles to long axis of internal notch. 



Length of femur from top of head to distal margin of inner condyle 



Width of proximal end of femur from inner surface of head to outer surface of greater trochanter. 



Anteroposterior diameter of head of femur 



Width of distal end of femur across condyles.. 



Greatest length of tibia measured parallel to long axis 



Greatest anteroposterior diameter of proximal end of tibia 



Greatest width of proximal end of tibia 



Greatest transverse width of distal end of tibia measured perpendicular to long axis of shaft.. 



Length of first metatarsal 



Length of second metatarsal 



Length of third metatarsal 



Length of fourth metatarsal 



Length of fifth metatarsal 



U.S.N.M. 

 no. 8176 



136 

 77.8 

 93.8 

 37.6 

 41 



43. S 

 50.6 

 37.2 



53.fi 

 18.0 

 11 

 7.S 



7 



7.1 

 12. S 



10. S 

 60. S 

 19.5 

 8.4 

 7.7 



191 

 26.6 

 26.2 



128 

 27.2 

 29. S 

 34.6 



129 

 15.3 



104 



107 

 15.8 

 20 



25.9 

 35.9 

 44.6 

 42.8 

 37 



112 



30 



45 



18.6 

 134 



34.4 



16.4 



30 

 133 



27.8 



29.4 



21 



34.4 

 144.6 



52.6 



54.2 



51.6 



' Approximate. 



