PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM CUMBERLAND CAVE 47 



Table 12. — Measurements (in millimeters) of mandible of Spilogale marylan- 



densis and S. putorius 



Measurement 



Depth of ramus below P»- - 



Depth of ramus below posterior portion of M 



Length of dentition, C to Mi, inclusive 



Pj, anteroposterior diameter. 



Pj, greatest transverse diameter 



P4, anteroposterior diameter... - 



Ti, greatest transverse diameter 



Ml, anteroposterior diameter 



Ml, anteroposterior diameter of trigonid 



Ml, greatest transverse diameter of trigonid.. 

 Ml, transverse diameter of heel — 



Spilogale 



marylandenm 



U.'S.N.M. 



no. 12018 



(type) 



6.5 

 4.4 

 18.3 

 2.6 

 1.7 

 3.4 

 2.1 

 7.4 

 4.4 

 3.1 

 3 



Spilogale 



putorius 



U.S.N.M. 



no. 42892 



(male) (Biol. 



Surv.) 



5 



18.5 

 2.8 

 2.1 

 3.6 

 2.4 

 7.4 

 4.7 

 3.5 

 3.1 



Spilogale 

 putorius 

 U.S.N.M. 

 no. 43719 

 (female) 

 (Biol. Surv.) 



5.5 

 4.4 

 18.1 

 2.9 

 1.9 

 3.3 

 2.3 

 7.6 

 4.8 

 3.4 

 3.1 



TAXIDEA MARYLANDICA Gidley and Gazin i« 



Figures 26, 27 



Type.— A complete skull and lower jaws (figs. 26, 27), an articulated 

 series of 11 vertebrae in which all the cervicals and four dorsal are 

 present, and the proximal half of the right humerus of one individual, 

 U.S.N.M. no. 7990. 



Specific characters.— Size large, about equaUng the largest living 

 race of Taxidea taxus. Cheek teeth relatively large. Upper carnas- 

 sial ^vith both protocone and hypocone having low regularly cone- 

 shaped contours with circular bases; hypocone relatively large. M^ 

 complex in structure, with the five principal cusps (paracone, meta- 

 cone, protocone, hypocone, and metaconule) low, regularly cone- 

 shaped and subequal. This tooth in consequence has a flatter appear- 

 ance than is usual in the hving species. It is also more expanded 

 posterointernally, so that the general outline of this tooth is not 

 triangular, as is usual in the hving species, but subquadrangular with a 

 relatively straight posterolateral margin and a posteromedially directed 

 Ungual margin. Also, the posterior portion of the tooth is distinctly 

 wide transversely. Lower P4 is relatively long with well-developed 

 heel, and the cusps of Mi are distinctly robust. 



The skull, in general appearance, is much like that of T. taxus, but 

 it presents a few pecuharities that seem to distinguish it from any 

 living species. Viewed from the side, the region above the orbit is 

 high-arched; the occiput is relatively depressed; and the postorbital 

 zygomatic process is relatively low. In the basicranial portion of the 

 skull the bullae appear to be more swollen and more evenly rounded 

 than is usual m the living species. In superior view the principal 

 differences to be noted are the shght development of the postorbital 



10 Gidley and Gazin, 1933, pp. 352-354, figs. 5, 6. 



