AP0DEMT7S 



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ward than in A. sylvaticus, the distance from foramen to alveolus 

 of incisor barely more than half combined width of the 

 two foramina instead of nearly equal to it. 



tig. 163. 



Apodemus epimelas. Nat. size. 



Teeth. — Though in general resembling those of Apodemus 

 sylvaticus, the teeth of A. epimelas differ in several important 

 details. The crowns of all the cheek-teeth are perceptibly 



FIG. 164. 

 Apodemus epimelas. Cheek-toeth. X 10. 



longer proportionately to their breadth than in the smaller 

 animal, but at the same time the distance between the upper 

 tooth-rows is so reduced that the alveolar breadth of m 1 is fully 



