﻿PLATE VIII. 



Pleistockne Musteluxe. 



Vertebrae. 



Polecat (Mu stela put or in. :.s), and Otter (Lutra vulgaris). 



(Natural size.) 



Mustela putorius. 



Fig. 

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Atlas, dorsal view 



Axis, left side view 



Fourth cervical, left side view 



The same bone, anterior view 



Sacrum, dorsal view 



Sixth lumbar, dorsal view 



All from the Pleistocene of the Brixham Cave, 

 and preserved in the British Museum. 



Lutra vulgaris. 



7. Atlas, ventral view. 



8. Axis, seen from the right side. 



9. Third cervical, posterior view. 



10. Fifth cervical, anterior view. 



11. Sixth cervical, seen from the left side. 



12. Seventh cervical, anterior view. 



13. First thoracic, anterior view. 



14. Ninth thoracic, seen from the left side. 



15. Twelfth thoracic, posterior view. 



16. Thirteenth thoracic, seen from the left side. 

 ] 7. Fourth lumbar, posterior view. 



18. Fourth lumbar, seen from the right side. 



19. Sacrum, dorsal view. 



All the Otter vertebrse figured are from the Prehistoric peat of Bnrwell 

 Fen, and are preserved in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge. 



Lettering as in Plate VII. 



