NEW PLEISTOCENE RUMINANT— GIDLEY. 



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are no sharp or roughened processes even in the tympanic and mastoid 

 region. The horn cores are relatively longer, less robust, and less 

 drooping than in Ovibos or Slmhos^ the latter standing directly inter- 

 mediate between Lio])s and Ovihos in this respect. Another striking 



KlG. 3.— LlOPS ZUNIENSIS, PALATAL VIEW OF SKULL (ABOUT \ NAT. SIZE). 



feature is the position of the relatively large foramen magnum, which 

 is confined entirely to the back or occipital face of the skull. 



Llops is apparently much more closely allied to Ovihos than either 

 of the California Pleistocene genera, Eiicerather'min and Freptoceros, 

 and seems, without question, to belong to the subfamily Ovihovinse. 



