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 4102. The left scapula. 4103. The right humerus. 



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4104. The right ulna. 4105. The left radius. 



4106. The right ilium. 4107. The left ilium. 



4108. The right femur. 4109. The right tibia. 



4110. The left fibula. ] 



Family Mustelidae. 



Genus Mydaus. 

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Dental formuk : i fEJj, c |=p p g, m ^=34. 



4111. The skeleton of the Javanese Skunk (Mydaus meliceps). 



The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 14 dorsal, 6 lumbar, 3 sacral ; there are 9 caudal, 

 but the series is not complete. The last two dorsal and the first lumbar vertebrae have 

 anapophyses. The meatus auditorius is directed obliquely outwards and forwards. There 

 are no clavicles. In the scapula there is only a trace of the coracoid tubercle. The inner 

 condyle of the humerus is perforated. The femur is shorter than the tibia : the carpus and 

 tarsus resemble those of the Badger. The length and slenderness of the muzzle, and the 

 weakness of the zygomatic arches, indicate an approach to the Insectivora. The first small 

 premolar, p 1, is wanting in both jaws. The upper true molar, m 1, has a broad quadrate 

 and quadrituberculate crown. In the lower jaw the omnivorous character is manifested by 

 the assumption of a tubercular crown and the almost total loss of the sectorial form in the 

 first true molar, which supports six small tubercles. 



Hunterian. 



Genus Eatelus. 



Dental formula : i ?=?, c |=i, p jj=jj, m |E}= 32 - 



4112. The skeleton of a Ratel (Eatelus mellivorus). 



The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 14 dorsal, 4 lumbar, 4 sacral, 15 caudal. The trans- 

 verse processes of the atlas are perforated lengthwise and vertically, and the neurapophysis is 

 perforated close to the vertical foramen. The spine of the dentata is much produced for- 

 wards, and, in a less degree, backwards. Metapophyses are developed from the second to 

 the sixth cervical inclusive ; they are situated above the posterior zygapopbyses : the costal 



