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and this greater size is almost entirely in the anterior 
region, in front of the coronal suture. In A, from 
occipital crest to coronal suture is 48 mm. and from 
coronal suture to premaxillary symphysis 52 mm., while in 
B the same measurements are 50 and 70 respectively. 
The jaws, both upper and lower, are larger and stronger in 
B than in A, and the zygomatic arch is fully one-fifth wider, 
the numbers being 80 mm. and 24 mm. respectively. 
So that the ancient Egyptian cats were notably larger in 
the facial region, the jaws (and canine teeth) and the 
zygomatic arch. Some individual variation was noticed in 
regard to the first small premolar teeth of the upper jaw, 
both in the Egyptian and the domestic cats. Normally 
there is one small anterior premolar on each side, but 
some specimens have two on each side, some none, and 
one skull has one on the one side and none on the other. 
So the premolar dental formula varies from ¢ to ¢. The 
single mummy dog’s skull in the collection also has an 
abnormal dentition, there being an additional premolar 
present in the upper jaw on each side, and one premolar 
absent in the lower jaw on the left side. The mummy 
ichneumons probably belong to the species Herpestes 
ichneumon (Pharoah’s rat), which is known to have been 
worshipped and protected by the Egyptians. In regard 
to the species of the cat remains, it is said that four out 
of the fifty so-called species of Felis have been found 
mummied in Egypt, viz., F. chaus (the jungle cat of 
India), F’. bubastes, F. caligata, and F. maniculata (the 
cloved cat). It seems very doubtful that the true FP’. chaus 
of India has been found in Egypt, and I cannot obtain 
any satisfactory account of Ff. bubastes, while F. man- 
culata of Ruppell is apparently a synonym of F. caligata, 
and to this species our specimens from Beni - Hasan 
probably belong. 
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