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the Civets. The carotid canal is as in Herpestes; and the artery 
enters the cranium by a well-marked foramen in the basis cranil. 
There is no foramen, fissure, or fossa on the floor of the auditory 
meatus. The palate is considerably prolonged behind the last molars. 
The angle of the mandible is rather short. 
Fig. 15. 
Soles of the paws of Cryptoprocta (after Alphonse Milne-Edwards). 
a. Manus; 5. Pes. 
The teeth of Oryptoprocta are most feline. %4 more resembles 
the corresponding tooth of Felis than of Viverra; but M1 is elon- 
gated transversely as in Hyena striata, and more so relatively than 
in the Cats. 7% is cat-like, save that the talon is perhaps rather 
larger. *<* is also very feline. P:? is much larger than in the Cat, 
and two-rooted. There may bea small #3. In the lower jaw 55 
is like the last, save that it hasa talon. 5; is like the Cat’s; but 
its talon is a little larger. - is larger relatively than in the Cat. 
Brg has two roots. 
In the miik-dentition, 2~* is very much larger relatively than is 
M1 P-3 (as in the Cat) has its posterior cusp less developed than 
in the permanent upper sectorial, and its internal cusp more poste- 
rior. The lower deciduous sectorial ;~ has a smaller anterior cusp, 
and a more exterior talon than has the permanent sectorial. This 
is as in the Cat; though the difference as to the development of the 
talon between the deciduous and the permanent sectorial is less in 
Cryptoprocta. 
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