130 THE INDIAN FOX. 



Centimeters. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail 56'5 



of tail 24-0 



from heel to end of longest digit 10' 5 



of ear . . . 5'6 



Fig. 38. 



Skull of CANIS BENGALENSIS, side view. 



Cranial and Dental Characters. 



There is generally a flattened sagittal raised tract between the tem- 

 poral ridges. The fourth upper premolar is rather small compared with 

 the length of the first and second upper molars. 



Centimeters. 



Basion to ovalion 2'15 



sphenoideum 2*9 



Sphenoideum to gnathion 7'3 



Length of palate 5*45 



Breadth 2'7 



Length of nasals 3'6 



Breadth of Tl 



brain-case 4*1 



zygomata 5*6 



Length of Li 0'3 



^- 2 - - 0-6 



L_ 3 0-7 



