SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 61, NO. 8, PL. 2 



Fig. 1 



Fig. 2 



Fi 9- 3 Fig. 4 



SECTIONS OF FEMORA, SHOWING VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF TYPES. 



vlr' l'~f^K femur °J a sIoth bear - Melursus labiatus. No. 2272, A. M. N. H 

 F r' ,' p '? ur of a Jackal, canis. No. 7172, U. S. N. M. 

 T?,°' 3-— KTght femur of a coyote, canis latrans. 

 ig. 4.— Left femur of a badger, taxidea Americana. 



