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as in Martes. Mandible very robust and massive, but with no 

 special peculiarities of form. It is distinguishable from that of 

 Meles mele8, which approaches it in size, by the deeper, more 

 compressed ramus and relatively higher coronoid process. 



Teeth. — Except for their much greater size the incisors and 

 canines resemble those of Martes martes. Small premolars both 

 above and below with crowns relatively lower and broader than 

 in Martes, and less distinctly triangular when viewed from the 



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Tig. qo. 

 Gulo gulo. Reduced. 



side, the teeth of the upper and lower jaws almost directly 

 opposed and not fitting between each other when jaws are closed, 

 the tips of pm 3 and jpm 4 barely coming in contact, those of the 

 other teeth separated by a wide space ; pm i with slightly raised 

 cingulum at posterior border, but without trace of the secondary, 

 cusp present in Martes. Upper carnassial like that of Martes in 

 general outline, but posterior cusp relatively much larger, its 

 height distinctly more than half that of main cusp, its outer 



