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THE WILD CAT OF EUROPE. 



Measurements of the Skulls of the Wild Gats in the Museum 

 at Berlin, by Dr. A. Neheing. 



Locality. 



Prom Collection of 

 the Duke of Wiir- 

 temberg 



ii 

 I) 



District of Saar, 

 Rhine Province, 

 1890 



Hesse, 1876 



Gottingen, Hanover, 



1866 



Saxony, 1863 



Dobrudscha, 1877 ... 



Meisdorf, in the 

 Harz Mountains, 

 1887 



Meisdorf, in the 

 Harz Mountains, 

 1890 



Near Driburg, West- 

 phalia ; coll. Dr. 

 Nehring, 1888 ... 



Soiling ; coll. Dr. 

 Nehring, 1876 ... 



Harz; coll. G. Rorig, 



1893 



Meisdorf am Harz, 

 1887 



Andernach, Rhine ; 

 coll. Dr. Nehring, 

 1887 



Geseke, Westphalia, 



1894 



Sex. 



Male. 



Female. 



Male. 



Female. 

 Male. 



Female. 

 Male. 



Female. 

 Male. 



Basal 



length of 



skull. 



77-5 



81 

 79-5 



76 



89'5 



80 

 91 



84-5 

 79 

 85 

 81-25 



82 

 71 



70 



82 



Breadth 



over 



arch of 



parietals. 



46-25 



44-25 

 47 



45 



46 

 46-5 



45 



46-25 



46-5 



45 

 45 



45 



43-25 



Form of 

 skull, 

 brain-case 

 proper. 



Round, 



arched. 

 Longish. 

 Round. 



Round and 



arched. 

 Round. 



Longish. 



Round and 

 arched. 



Longish. 



Development and 

 length of the inter- 

 parietal (sagittal) 

 ridge. 



Age. 



Round and 

 arched. 



Roundish. 



Lonsrish. 



Very slight. 



Fair. 

 Moderate. 



Fair. 



None. 



14 



14 

 13-5 



Adult. 



14 



Old but 

 small. 

 Adult. 



Very fairly deve- 20 



loped. 

 Moderate. 12 



Moderate. 

 Moderate. 



12-5 

 12-5 



Old. 



Fairly developed. 16 

 Well developed. 18 

 Fair. 14 



Slight. 

 Moderate. 



10 

 13 



7 months 



old. 

 1 year 



old. 



