186 Ml'KIDiE. AULACODP/S. 



SCHIZODON. 



Teeth :— Incisors l fL; Molars *f±;=20. 



1-1 ' 4-4 ' 



The Brown Schizodon. Schizodon fuscus. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 2G5. pi. 8. fig. i.—Schreb., 

 Saugtli. iv. pi. 239 d. fig. 4 (dentition). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 21 



*«. Skull. 



*b. Skull (imperfect). [• Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



c, d. Skeletons. 



SPALACOPUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors ^ 5 Molars ^ ;=20. 



1-1 ' 4-4 7 



Poeppig's Spalacoptts. Spalacopus poeppigii. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 269. pi. 8. fig. 7 (skull and lower 

 jaw). 



«. Skull. Chili. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 

 b. Skull. 



AULACODUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors tl; Molars ~ ; = 20. 



The Grotjxd Eat. Aulacodus swinderianus. 



Temm., Mon. Mamm. i. p. 248. tab. 25, p. 245. tab. 25 (skeleton, 

 young). — Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 356. pi. 16. fig. 9 b, c 

 (skull). 



Cervical vertebras. . . 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 22 



*a. Skull. Port Natal. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



/>. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



e. Skeleton. W. Africa. Presented by Balfour Baikie, Esq. 



d. Skull and seven cervical vertebrae. Presented by Professor Owen. 



