APODEMUS 



795 



ward than in A. syhatims, the distance from foramen to alveolus 

 ot nicisor barely more than half combined width of the 

 two toraniina instead of neai'ly equal to it. 



Fig. 163. 

 Apodemus epimelas. Nat. size. 



Teeth—Thongh m general resembling those of Apodemus 

 sylmticus, the teeth of A. epimelas differ in several important 

 details. The crowns of all the cheek-teeth are perceptibly 



riG. 164. 



Apodemus epimelas. Cheek-teeth. X 10. 



longer proportionately to their breadth than in the smaller 

 animal, but at the same time the distance between the upper 

 tootn-rows is so reduced that the alveolar breadth of m^ is fully 



