18/C] DR. A. GtTNTHER ON NEW MAMMALS. / 



in. lin. 



Distance between nose and eye ^ ' * 



Length of fore foot () 1() ^ 



„ hind foot l ll 



Fig. 9. 



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Skull of Echimys brevicauda. 

 <1 , upper miliars; <, Lower molars: twice nat. Bize. 



The skull and dentition appear to differ scarcely from those of 

 Cercomys cunicularius and Echimys cayennensis. The palatal notch 

 is on a level with the hind margin of the last molar. 



