HYyENA CROCUTA. 



15 



(3) Tables of Compakative Measurements of Hy^na Vertebe^. 



No. 522 (College of 

 Surgeonsj. 



11. apeltfa = crocuta, II. speltea = crociitaj 

 Wookey (Tauutou | Wookey (Taunton 

 Museum), skeleton a.: Museum;, skeleton b. 



Atlas. 



Maximum width 



Median dorso- ventral diameter 



Extreme width of the condylar articular 



surfaces 



Maximum width of neural canal 



Axis. 

 Length from anterior end of odontoid 



process to postero-ventral extremity 



of centrum 



Height from roof of neural canal to top 



of neural spine . ... 



Transvex'se diameter across prezygapo- 



physes 



Transverse diameter across postzygapo- 



physes 



Length from anterior end of neural 



spine to notch between postzygapo- 



physes 



12-9 

 3-9 



7-0 



7-3 



3i 



3-7 



4-9 



52 



5-13 



5-3. 



liG 

 3-9 



Figured. 





3rd cervical. 



4th cervical. 



51,h cervical. 



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ifl 



•s 



irt 



jj- 



■s 



g- 



«fl 





tfi 



■ nli 





m 



S5§ 



\&i 





fll 



nil 







^%m 



ill 



iP 



is}lm 



ttl 



III 



^i^ 



III 



III 





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^^ 





^ 



ttj? 



fei^ 



'/^ 



t«i^ 





Maximum length of centrum 



















taken from the dorso-anterior 





















to the ventro-posterior edge 



4.-8 



•1.-65 ' 



50 



4-93 



5-0 



51 



4-9 



5-1 



4-95 



Length from antero-dorsal to 





















postero-dorsal extremity of 





















the centrum 



3-2 



3-35 



3-35 



3-55 



30 



3G5 



3-5 



3-3 



30 



Width across transverse pro- 





















cesses 



7-5 



8-1 



7-2 



HU5 



7'8 



7-4 



7-45 



7-9 



7-7 



Width across postzygapophyses 



5-8 



G-8 



60 



5-G 



G-85 



5-95 



5-65 



G-75 



61 



Height from roof of neural 





















canal to top of neural spine 



21 





20 



1-95 





2G 



2-55 



215 



2-4 



' Figured. 



Note. — The letter a or b a^jpuaring after a bone indicates that it forms part of skeleton a or skeleton 



described on p. G. 



