hvi 



TIIK COMMON FOX. 



Ill a H]>ccimcn choatii f«ir iiicaAuivm u» \\< f..iiii,| flu iii!iiiii<^iiiii« 

 to l)C : — 



Ii«'ti{^l) fniiu iiiout to riMit of tail . 



of lAll 



,, fmiii hix'l til <ii(l iif loiiin^t dim* 

 „ of mr 



710 



I5KI 

 <,N 



Siriclal and DeKlol Ciaracirra. 



AUIiotigli if vtv compare tin- nkiill nf n fo\ with lluit of a wolf nr 

 Juckal wr arc »tnick with the Iciifi^h and ulciidcnirftn uf the imuzle, 

 yet wi> have fmiiui it ini|KMsiblf to lictrct any ounitant crauial (ir 

 (it-ntal clinrnctcrt which thall M-rvc to di»liii^ui*h thcM hikvu-s fruiii 

 boiuc (if thoM! aln-ady iiutict-ti or iihttrlly tu br noticrd. At lii«l ii 

 Mvmod that the hac-ktrnrd «l • of the naftaU rom(>arrd wilh 



ihiit of the maxill.r iiii^fht nn».*.. -•■ 1» a purfMiM-, but an «\t«Mi!- •! 

 suney showed uh that the former might or mipht not n-arh futii. 

 ImckwardH than the latter. The aame remark applict to difr«rcncx-» n» 

 lo the fonn of the |M>fttorbilal procctac*. or •• to whether thoM- 

 proocHscH are or an* npt concave dontally. 



The dimensions of the variou« ukrU-tal jiartu, in a upccimen M.lert< d 

 liy us as an example, arc as follow*. ~ 



Lniglii of crr^iral rrrtcbni- 

 chimai 

 liiiiilMir 

 urral 



liTitgth fr' ' uf mtlwi to hiiuirr end cif »Arnim 



Leu|^h of whole ijeetoral hmb 

 whdlc |¥-lvir ,, 



„ liumrni" 



„ radius 



„ femur 



„ tibia ... 



„ index iuetacari>al . 



no 



I 1-3 

 12 2 



■: t 

 .» I 



,' ',(1(1 



10.3 



9-5 



10 5 



116 



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