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the teeth, excluding the small ones which fall off with the gums, are as 

 follow: — Intermax. 4 — 4; labials 21 — 21; lower jaw 11 — 11; palate 

 bones 12 — 12 ; vomer lost ; tongue 6 — 6. When the soft parts are 

 entirely removed, the projecting under edge of the articular piece of 

 the lower jaw is acutely serrated, in which respect this species differs 

 from all the others received from Dr. Gairdner. There are sixty-four 

 vertebrae in the spine." 



