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pressed from above downwards. The orbits are large and approach 

 near to one another. 



In the Carnivora vera the spine of the scapula is situated at 



Fig. 11G8. — Lateral view of skull of Dog (C'ania familiaris), C. occ. occipital condyle ; F.frontal ; 

 F. mf. infra-orbital foramen ; Jg. jugal; Jm. premaxilla ; L. lacrymal ; M. maxilla ; M. audi 

 external auditory meatus ; Md. mandible ; N. nasal ; P. parietal ; Pal. palatine ; Pjt. 

 zygomatic process of squamosal ; Pt. " pterygoid " ; Sph. alisphenoid ; Sq. squamosal ; Sq. occ, 

 supraoccipital ; T. tympanic. (From Wiedersheim's Comparative Anatomi/.) 



about the middle of the outer surface of the bone. The acromion 

 is usually well developed, sometimes with a metacromion. The 

 coracoid process is very small. The clavicle is never complete, 



CuT' 



Fig. 1169.— Section of the left auditory bulla and surrounding bones of a Bear (Urms ferox). 

 a. Til. external auditory meatus ; B. 0. basioccipital ; e. Eustachian tube ; Sq. squamosal ; 

 3*. tympanic ; t. tympanic ring. (After Flower. ) 



sometimes entirely absent. There is a supra-condyloid foramen 

 in the Cats and some of the other groups, not in the Dogs or 

 Bears. 



