1 9© I.] Matthew, Additional Observations on the Creodonta. 1 1 



larger species, and stouter in propor- 

 tion, while the neck is over one half 

 longer. 



The cat, in which the back and up- 

 per limb-bones are of nearly the same 

 size and the lower limb bones consid- 

 erably longer, has a head and jaws of 

 about half the dimensions of V. prote- 

 nus, and much shorter neck. 



The following table ' will give an 

 idea of the proportions of these ani- 

 mals : 



Fig. 5. Viverraviis />rotenus. 

 No. 2830. A, parts of right fe- 

 mur, from in front ; B, proximal 

 end of right tibia ; C, left calcan- 

 eum. One-half natural size. 



Humerus, length 



" circumference of shaft 



" e^iameter of distal end 



Femur, length 



" circumference of shaft 



Radius, length 



" circumference of shaft 



Ulna, length 



" circumference of olecranon 



Calcaneum, length 



Tarsus, length (including calcaneum) 



" width across navicular and cuboid. 



Skull, length 



Jaw, length 



Dentition, length 



Seven cervical vertebrre, length 



94 



27-5 



21 



e.97.5 



27 



17 



30 



27 



167.5 

 130 



837 

 102 



e. 8g 

 21.5 



97 

 21 



63 

 12 



85.5 

 23.2 

 22.5 

 29 

 12.6 



e.66.4 



117.6 



34-7 



136 



36 

 103 



131-4 



158 

 III. 2 



75 

 164 



97 

 25 

 19 

 103 

 26 

 91 



104 

 29 



91 

 63 



34 



• The measurements are given in millimetres, e = estimated. 



