CANIS ZEEDA. 151 



Cranial and Dental Characters. 



The most remarkal)le character of the skull of the Fennec is the 

 very large size of the auditory bullae and of the external opening of 

 the meatus auditoriiis externus. 



The proportion borne by the length of the fourth upper premolar to 

 the length of the two upper molars taken together may be as 100 to 

 116, or as 100 to 125. 



Dimensions of a small specimen. 



Centimeters. 



Length of cervical vertebrae 7-2 



dorsal „ 11-3 



„ lumbar „ 90 



„ sacral „ 1-6 



„ caudal „ 35'0 



Length from front of atlas to hinder end of sacrum , . 29'1 



Length of pectoral limb 23-0 



„ pelvic limb 27"2 



„ humerus 8'0 



„ radius 7"9 



„ femur 8"1 



„ tibia 9"8 



„ index metacarpal 2'4 



„ third „ 2-8 



„ metacarpal of poUex 0'9 



„ whole pollex 1*9 



„ last phalanx of third digit (manus) .... 0'75 



„ index metatarsal 3"9 



„ metatarsal of hallux 0'4 



„ whole hallux 0-7 



last phalanx of third digit (pes) 0'75 



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Dimensions of the Skull of the individual figured. 



Basion to ovalion 18 



„ sphenoideum 2'5 



Sphenoideum to gnathion 58 



Length of palate 4'5 



Breadth „ 24 



