36 CARNIVORA. 



M. 1692. The extremity of the muzzle ; from the Upper Eocene of 

 (Fig.) Mouillac, near Caylux (Tarn-et-Garonne), France. This 

 specimen ', of which the palatal aspect of one side is repre- 

 sented in the woodcut (fig. 3), shows on the left side the 



Fig. 3. 



Oxycma gallice. Anterior part of the left half of the palate ; 

 from the Upper Eocene of Mouillac. \. 



alveoli of the two incisors (of which the outer is much 

 larger than the inner), the caaine (with the greater part 

 of the crown broken away), and the first and second pre- 

 molars. There is a small interval between the outer 

 incisor and the canine ; the first premolar (which has but 

 one root) is in apposition to the canine ; and the second 

 premolar (which has two roots) is very close to the first. 

 In the following table the dimensions of this specimen are 

 compared with those of the type specimen as given by 

 Filhol, viz. : 



B.M. Filhol. 



Antero-posterior diam. of base of canine . 0,021 0,020 



Transverse . 0,014 0,012 



Antero-posterior diam. of base of pm. 1 . . 0,012 0,006 



pm.2.. 0,0135 0,0137 



1 This specimen has been previously noticed and figured by the present 

 writer iu the Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. i. p. 445. 



