CONEPATUS. 513 
Marputius Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., elt yfaug Oa bc 
Thiosmus Lichtenstein, Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. 3erl., 18 
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Oryctogale Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1002. De lon. 
Body stouter than that of Mephitis: nostrils opening downward 
and forward, not laterally; first premolar absent; pterygoid fossa 
short and rather narrow; palate extending beyond posterior border of 
molar: postorbital processes generally absent; superior outline of 
FiG. 96. CONEPATUS M. MEARNSI. 
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