CONEPATUS. 513 
Marputius Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, p. 581. 
Thiosmus Lichtenstein, Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1838, p. 2 
Ozolictts Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 57. 
Rhinozolts Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsb. Naturg., 1841, p. 58. 
Oryctogale Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1902, p. 16r. 
Body stouter than that of Mephitis; nostrils opening downward 
and forward, not laterally; first premolar absent; pterygoid fossa 
short and rather narrow; palate extending beyond posterior border of 
molar: postorbital processes generally absent; superior outline of 
Fic. 96. CONEPATUS M. MEARNSI. 
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