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HYBACOTHEKIUM. 



the anterior boundary of the orbit. The under surface of 

 the palatal processes of the maxillary bones is rugose, as in 

 the Peccari ; the portion of the skull, including the inter- 



166. 



Fig. 167. 



Under view. Upper view. 



Skull of Hyracotfterium, nat. size. Eocene clay. 



maxillary bones and the incisive teeth, is unluckily broken 

 off and lost. 



The general form of the skull was probably intermediate 

 in character between that of the Hog and the Hyrax. The 

 large size of the eye indicated by the capacity of the orbit, 

 must have given to the physiognomy of the living animal 

 a resemblance to that of the Hare, and other timid Eo- 



