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PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



distinguished from those of the bear by the greater compression, more rounded section, and 

 smaller length in the latter animal. The texture of the bone also affords a character by 

 which they may be distinguished, being much more compact in the cave lion than in the 

 bear. We have given a figure of the sterneber which we consider to be the third (PL XVI, 

 fig. 10, 10 1 ). Among the bones of the lion which Sir Philip Egerton, E.R.S., and 

 Lord Enniskillen, P.R.S., obtained from Gailenreuth Cave, was a feline sterneber exactly 

 agreeing with our figure. 



The following measurements show the relations that they bear to those of lion and 

 jaguar. 





Third Sterneber. 



Fourth Sterneber. 



Felis spelcea. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis spelma. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis spelcea. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Length 



170 



1-30 



1-05 



1-50 



1-40 



1-30 



TOO 



Maximum anterior depth... 



110 



1-00 



060 



1-20 



1-00 



1-05 



055 



Maximum anterior width 



0-90 



1-05 



0-50 



1-05 



078 



1-10 



050 



Maximum posterior depth 



1-20 



090 



0-55 



115 



0-98 



1-10 



050 



Maximum posterior width 



110 



1-30 



0-50 



1-00 



0-85 



1-10 



0-53 



Minimum circumference ... 



2-48 



2-60 



1-12 



270 



2-50 



2-60 



1-30 



• 



Fifth Sterneber. 



Felis spelcea. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis spelcea. 

 Bleadon. 



Felis leo. 

 W. A. S. 



Felis jaguar. 

 W. A. S. 



Length 



1-50 



1-50 



1-20 



092 



Maximum anterior depth . . . 



1-10 



100 



0-90 



0-52 



Maximum anterior width... 



0-80 





1-05 



050 



Maximum posterior depth... 



100 



1-00 



0-85 



0-50 



Maximum posterior width . . . 



1-10 





1-30 



0-56 



Minimum circumference . . . 



2-90 





2-50 



1-28 



