1884.] The Creodonta. 483 
the metatarsal is as large as that of 
a lion. 
It is possible that the genus 
Patriofelis of Leidy belongs to this 
family, but its dental characters are 
not described with sufficient pre- 
cision to enable this question to be 
decided. The inferior molar series 
is short, including, according to 
Leidy, only five teeth. The 2 
ulta Leidy, has a jaw the size of the 
puma, It is from the Bridger beds 
of Wyoming. 
Miacip. 
: Fic. 27.—Protopsalis tigrinus Cope, 
Didymictis one-half nat. size. Fig. a, probably 
inferi ex- 
i ternal side; 4, penultimate inferior 
‘colar face looks partly up- molar, inner de; G inferior canine, 
Wards, here external side; d, femur, anterior view. 
know eae are twos genera From the Wind river of Wyoming. 
T Miacis Cope, with two in- Original, from Report U.S. G. Sur- 
ve I. 
F : 
tine coe of Miacis have been described, two of which are 
are dist; Wasatch and three from the Bridger beds. The former 
ia from the latter by the larger size of the second 
Which th b olar, which has two roots. The later species, of 
bas a M. parvivorus Cope, is one, have but one such 
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