188 THE NOETHEEN DHOLE. 



Habitat. Northern Asia, from Siberia southwards at least to the 

 Altai Mountains, and probably much further south. It is said to 

 frequent the sources of the Yenisei and the tributaries of the Amur. 



Centimeters. 



Length from end of snout to root of tail 103*3 



of tail 48-0 



from heel to end of longest digit 22 - 



of ear 8*0 



Cranial and Dental Characters. 



We have noticed no special cranial character other than that the 

 angle of the mandible is of less massive form than in C. javanicus, and 

 that the hindmost teeth are relatively larger. 



Centimeters. 



Length of H* 2'1 



M.I 1>5 



JLJ 



M.2 . 7 



" 



Breadth of Mil 1>5 



^- 2 1-0 



Length of jo 2'3 



IO 0-9 



