3. DENDROHTRAX. ' 291 



the process of the lower jaw in front of the condyle; but in this 

 respect it uko differs from the type specimens of i^«;,^,:J 6 ylv^ ■ 

 as in /;;'f ^'""'^ ''^ "i^l"^" "^^-^ "^' ^'- «-^Pit-l ^«- is nfrro;; 

 Dr. Peters has since the above was written, sent me thefollowino- 

 seum • ";; ;'/-f--r Ehrenberg's speeim'en in the Eel^IrM;;? 



uie same as the H dorsahs. There is a figure of a you i-er sneci 

 men in his work ' Symbola, Physica.,' Mammalia, pi. 2^2^ toofther 



diffeient from that of //. «y,ms/., ^. s>,nacus (rufirens), and //^«7 

 io..... The zygomatic arch is lower than on its^juict on with he 



simr"" ''il\^.'^''r '°^^'^' b-^ ^'^^ teeth are sman 

 as 1 ff. arhoreus. The hair is harsh, black and grey ; and the hair 

 onhe belly is much shorter, greyish, sometimes yioVS, w5ho"t 



S- *!'^,/^^5"?""«^'''^ "f Mossambique ') agrees pretty well with that of 

 H.hahessmicm and with another skull sent by Heuglin from ibrs 



^h'^^.J^^-^' '-- ^''^ «P-- could b^^Zb^JS 

 //. oJi/ssmi'ms cannot be //. *„■„;,>, ,,., ,1,5 f„r„„ i . , ,. 



^peci*: '"""' " ""■"' "'"■»' ''»'■ '■'■"■" ■' ->' ---S i" Mh 



3. DENDEOHYEAX. 



m„f,f S ■ f "; "'"' "^'"■'•f "f «'« »™e form, the front nro- 



Deudrohyrax, r?;-«y, .-/„,,. ,5. i»/„,/. J^:. j/ ,,pj. 4 j ^ ^g 

 Nose rather produced; forehead flat; temporal muscles mnr^or.^. 

 separated in the adult skuU by a broad flat ^ciwi^ itu ^t d^^! 

 of the occipital bone thick, broad, forming part of the crown lowe 

 jaw broad, rounded beliiud. Lower cutting-teeth n odeiTtclV W 

 ra her contracted at the base ; upper edgc^Ulated d di vk d , iS 

 hree nearly square, rather spathulate lobes. The lower cu ti^?„ 

 teeth are rather elongated in the older animal, but never so W ind 

 slender at the base as in the true IL/raas. The upner cuttiu ""t. « 



si>a hulatc at the end. The canine of the adult series is trio-onal 

 vnh the keel in the front as in the true Horaces. Tlie d a^Sa 

 betM-eou the eanine and the first premolar, in the adult skuls 

 elongate, as long as the outer margin of the three premolar The 

 g nders form a very slightly arched series. Tlie true gri iVrs n 



crate, not much larger than tlie broad square premolar^. The fit 

 permanent premolar nearly as large as the second one 



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