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the females slightly longer skulls and slightly smaller lower carnas- 

 sials. Compared with batigsiirova Labrador, the rostrum is decidedly 

 longer, the carnassials and large upper molar smaller and less 

 swollen. 



VULPES KENAIENSIS sp. nov. 

 PI. XXXVI, fig. 5. 



Type from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. No. 96145, $ old, U. S. 

 National Museum, Biological Survey Coll. Collected in 1S98 by D all 

 DeWeese. 



Range. — Kenai Peninsula ; limits of range unknown. 



Characters. — Size large ; external characters unknown ; rostrum 

 long and much more slender than in harrimatzi, but broader than in 

 regalis. Skin not seen ; pelage said to be softer and more valuable than 

 the neighboring Kadiak animal (^harrimani) ^ which has very coarse fur. 



Skull. — Largest of the known species ; facial part large and long ; 

 muzzle very broad. Similar in general to harrlmani but rostrum de- 

 cidedly longer, less swollen over canines, lateral constriction absent, and 

 nose less upturned ; zygomata more spreading posteriorly ; frontal 

 broader interorbitally ; premolars more spaced ; upper carnassial and 

 1st upper molar huge; upper carnassial with anterointernal cusp 

 weaker and set more anteriorly (not projecting so far into palate) ; ist 

 upper molar larger ; 2d lower molar larger and more bellied on inner 

 side ; last lower molar often absent. V. kenaiensis resembles regalis 

 from the northern plains in length of rostrum, breadth of zygomata, 

 and large size and proportions of carnassial and molar teeth, but differs 

 in having the rostrum less slender, zygomata more spreading posteri- 

 orly, and premolars very much larger and more swollen — in this re- 

 spect even exceeding those of harrhnani. Hence, while in some par- 

 ticulars the species is intermediate between harrimaiii and regalis., in 

 others it departs materially from both. 



Cranial ?neasurements. — Type specimen ( $ ad) : basal length 148 ; 

 basilar length 145; palatal length 79 ; postpalatal length 68. 5 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 82.5 ; interorbital breadth 30.5 ; least breadth of rostrum 

 on plane of 2d premolar (constriction absent) 27 ; length of crown of 

 pm* on outer side 15.5 ; length of m^ on outer side 11 ; length of heel 

 (transversely) from notch on outer side 13. 



VULPES IIARRIMANI Merriam. 

 PI. XXXVI, fig. 6. 

 Vulpfs harrhnani Merriam, Pioc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, pp. 14-15, 

 March 14, 1900. 



Type locality. — Kadiak Island, Alaska. 

 Range. — Kadiak Island, Alaska. 



