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4150. The skull of a Wolverine (Gulo luscus). Presented by Henry Cline, Esq. 



4151. The cranium of a large old Wolverine (Gulo luscm). 



All the sutures are obliterated. 

 From Melville Island. 



Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



Genus Mustela. 

 Dental formula : < g, c ]=| p ~, m =38. 



4152. The skeleton of a Pine Marten (Mustela Martes). 



The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 14 dorsal, 6 lumbar, 3 sacral ; the caudal series is 

 incomplete. Most of the epiphyses are still ununited. The deciduous canines are retained 

 in the upper jaw, behind the crowns of the permanent ones, which are protruded to the same 

 extent. All the true molar teeth are acquired. 



Hunter ian. 



4153. The skull of a Pine Marten (Mustela Martes). 



Presented by Henry Cline, Esq. 



4154. The skull of a Pine Marten (Mustela Martes). 



As compared with the "Wolverine, the cranium and orbits are relatively larger, the tympanic 

 bullse are more expanded, the bony palate is longer and narrower, and the zygomatic arches 

 much weaker. The paroccipitals and mastoids are almost obsolete in this skull. 



The following are parts of the skeleton of a Marten (Mustela Martes) : 



Hunterian. 



4155. The atlas. 4156. The axis. 



4157. An anterior dorsal vertebra. 



4158. A lumbar vertebra. 



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

 more distinctly developed. 



