19S THE IIV.KXA DOO. 



Centimeton. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail 1120 



„ of tail i5 



„ from heel to end of longest digit '2'2') 



„ of ear l^j 



Crania/ anil Dental Characters. 



The skull is short and thick compared with that of the great majority 

 of the Canid(t and has a swollen apjK'arance. It somewhat recalls the 

 aspect of the skull in the genus (|yci«, with which it agrees in having 



Fig. '>.'). 



Side view of skull of Lvcaox pictus. 



large anterior palatine foramina and a strongly sigmoid external margin 

 to the nasals, which extend backwards about as far as do the nasal 

 processes of thejnaxillai. The more strongly arched zygomata, however. 



