MUSTELINE. 



Fig. 27. 



189 



Mellivora sivalensis. The right half of the palate (a) and the left ram us of 

 the mandible (5). j. Dublin Museum. (From the ' Palseontologia Indica.') 



Genus MELES, Storr 1 . 

 Dentition : I. |, C. \, Pm. \, M. \. 



J, Boddaert 2 . 

 Syn. Ursus meles, Linn. 3 



Meles vulgaris, Desmarest 4 . 



Meles vulgaris fossilis, H. von Meyer. 



Hob. Europe and Northern Asia. 



20 (0. C.). The hinder part of the cranium and the left half of the 

 palate, containing the carnassial and the true molar ; from 

 a cavern in Sundwig. 



Sommering Collection. Purchased, 1827. 



20 a (0. C.). The left ramus of the mandible, containing the canine 

 and the carnassial ; from a cavern in Sundwig. 



Sommering Collection. Purchased, 1827. 



1 Prodromus Meth. Mamm. p. 34 (1780). 



2 Elenchus Animalium, vol. i. p. 80 (1785). 



3 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 70 (1766). 

 * Mammalogie, p. 173 (1820). 



