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THE CAT. 



[CHAP. XIIT. 



The scapula is less rounded than that of the common cat, but 

 there is a largely-developed metacromion. The supra-condyloid 

 foramen of the humerus is extremely large. The metacarpals and 

 metatarsals are relatively shorter than in the cat. The pollex is 

 more developed, but the hallux is very different, being completely 



Tijj. 205. BASIS CRANII OF Cryptoprocta ferox 

 (Flower}. 



a. Posterior opening of ali-sphenoid canal. 



a'. Its anterior opening. 



am. Meatus auditorius externus. 



c. Condyloid foramen. 



car. Carotid foramen. 



e. Eustachian canal. 



I. Foramen lacerum posterius. 



o. Foramen ovale. 



p. Par-occipital process. 



Fig. 20(5. THE PADS OF THE FEET OF THE 

 FOUSSA (Cryptoprocta ferox). 



A. The sole of the fore-paw. 



B. The sole of the hiud-paw. 



formed, instead of being, as in the cat, a mere rudiment. It has a long 

 metatarsal and two phalanges, the distal end of the digit reaching 

 nearly to the distal end of the first phalanx of the adjacent toe. 



The naked pads on the feet are much more extended than in the 

 cat,* in harmony with the almost quite plantigrade habit of the Foussa. 

 There is a long bone to the penis, compressed, slightly curved, not 

 grooved, but slightly dilated at each end, more so posteriorly. 



The anatomy of the soft parts is, unfortunately, as yet unknown. 



24. Such being the nature of the families of the cat's sub-order, 



* See ante, Figs. 9 and 10, p. 25. 



