GULO 437 



as ill 3Tartes. Mandible very robust and massive, but with Jio 

 special peculiarities of form. It is distinguishable from that of 

 Meles viclcH, which approaches it in size, by the deeper, more 

 compressed ramus and relatively higher coronoid process. 



Teeth. — Except for their much greater size the incisors and 

 canines resemble those of Maries martes. Small premolars both 

 above and below with crowns relatively lower and broader than 

 in Martes, and less distinctly triangular when viewed from the 



Fig. 00. 

 Gido (julo. Eecluced. 



side, the teeth of the upper and lower jaws almost directly 

 opposed and not fitting between each other when jaws are closed, 

 the tips of p/u^ and jmi^^ l)arely coming in contact, those of the 

 other teeth separated by a wide space ; jjjh^ with slightly raised 

 cingidum at posterior border, but without trace of the secondary 

 cusp present in 3Iartes. Upper carnassial like that of Maries in 

 genei'al outline, but posterior cusp relatively much larger, its 

 height distinctly more than half that of main cusp, its outer 



