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[Pp Ms = 36. 
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Loncheres I[llig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Av., 1811, p. 90. Type 
Myoxus chrysurus Zimm.=Echinomys cristatus Desmarest. 
Lonchetes Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scandinav., 1, 1828, Mamm., Con- 
spectus A. 
Palate long, narrow, V-shaped posteriorly; nasals long, broad 
anteriorly, decreasing in width to posterior end, which is truncate 
and on a line with the premaxille; rostrum deep; interorbital con- 
striction moderate; braincase broad anteriorly, narrowing slightly 
towards occipital region; zygomata parallel with axis of skull, nearly 
straight, the jugal composing most of the arch; bulle large, swollen 
slightly, oblique; interpterygoid fossa broad, widest posteriorly; 
hamular processes of pterygoids long, abutting the bulla; upper 
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MIIVIIYY 
MONOD ~OO ERG? 
FiG. 71. LONCHERES LABILIS. 
Mus. Comp. Zod]. Col]. Nat. size. 
UPPER TOOTH ROW. LOWER TOOTH ROW. 
Enlarged 3 times. Enlarged 3 times. 
