16 THE COMMON WOLF. 



Dimensions (in centimeters) of the large Wolf from Moscow in the 



British Museum. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail ] 22'0 



of tail 38-0 



from heel to end of longest digit 25'0 



of ear lO'O 



Skeletal and dental dimensions (in centimeters) of a specimen of the 



American variety. 



Length of the cervical vertebrae 21 '5 



dorsal 26'0 



lumbar 20'0 



,, sacral 4*0 



,, caudal 41'0 



Length from front of atlas to hinder end of sacrum . . 7T5. 



Length of whole pectoral limb * 67'0 



whole pelvic f 76'0 



humerus J 22'0 



radius 21'5 



femur || 24'2 



tibia 1 24-0 



,, index metacarpal 8'7 



third 9-8 



,, metacarpal of pollex 3*0 



whole pollex 6'3 



last phalanx of third digit (manus) .... 2'Q 



index metatarsal 9'3 



metatarsal of hallux l - 4 



whole hallux 3'0 



last phalanx of third digit (pes) 2'3 



Basion to ovalion ** . . . 5*6 



anterior end of basiphenoid, or sphenoideum . 5'6 



Sphenoideum to gnathion ft 16*1 



* From upper end of humerus to distal end of manus. 

 t From upper end of femur to distal end of pes. 



From head of humerus to end of capitellum. To root of styloid process. 



|| From head to condyloid surface. H To root of malleolus. 



** That is, from anterior margin of foramen magnum to the middle of a line joining 

 the posterior margins of the oval foramina. 



ft That is, to the anterior end of the premaxillaD. 



