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4131. The left tibia longitudinally bisected. 



There is no medullary cavity. A moderately coarse diploe fills up the whole interior of the 

 bone. The compact walls are rather thicker than usual. 



Genus Taira. 

 Dental formula : i g, e j={, p ^, m ^,=34. 



4132. The skull of the Taira (Taira barbara). 



The first premolars (p 1) are wanting in both jaws, as in the Ratel, from which the den- 

 tition differs in the presence of a second true molar on each side of the lower jaw. The form 

 of the skull closely resembles that of the Ratel ; but the zygomatic arches are weaker, and 

 the bony palate is longer, narrower, and more produced behind the teeth. 



Purchased. 



Genus Gvlo. 



Dental formula :-i ^, c |=j, p , m ,=38. 



The following, to No.4148 inclusive, are parts of the skeleton of aWolverine (Gulo Itaeus): 



Hunterian. 



4133. The skull. 



The cranial cavity is less expanded posteriorly, and less constricted anteriorly, than in the 

 Ratel. There is a smooth articular surface in the basioccipital, but it is less distinctly con- 

 tinuous with the occipital condyles than in the Ratel. The zygomatic arches are larger, 

 stronger, and more curved : the palate is relatively broader : both the paroccipital and the 

 mastoid processes are feebly developed. 



4134. The atlas. 



It resembles that of the Ratel, but is not so strong a bone, and the articular surfaces are 

 not continued into each other. 



4133. The axis. 4136. An anterior dorsal vertebra. 



4137. A lumbar vertebra. 



The metapophyses appear as tubercles above the prozygapophyses : the anapophyses arc 

 nore developed. 



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