42 NOTE ON THE FOSSIL HIPPOPOTAMUS 



f We will here introduce the table of measurements in juxtaposition 

 with Cuvier's of the Hippopotamus of the Cape, and of the European fossil. 



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Dimensions oj okulL 



Existing 

 Hippopotamns. 



Fossil Hippopotamus. 



Africa. 



Eui 



ope. 



Sivulik \st. 



Sivalik 2d. 



In tilts. 



ifiezi cs. 



in oh PC 



if Jit 11 es. 



Inches. 



Metres. 



Inches. 



LfAl'tl es. 



Lengtli froxn the posterior siiriace 



















01 occipital conciyie lu iiie ai- 



















VeOluS 01 CUc lliiuuic iii^iaui Sj 







.... 









22.6 



.566 



IjClJglU iroill lilt; UJJJJCi iiiaigiii ui 



















one orbit to tlie other, to the 





















9.85 



.249 



11.85 



.300 





.... 





.315 



Ditto greatest width of zygomatic 





















15.75 



.400 



17.7 



.450 







14.4 



.366 



liVidth ot head over the suborbi- 





















4.75 



.120 



5.7 



.145 



3.75 







.110 



Height of ditto ditto from the 





















5.1 



.130 



6.3 



.160 



4.45 



.114 



5.3 



.134 



Distance of posterior extremity 



















zygomatic apophysis of malar 





















10.65 



.270 



13.4 



.340 







11.25 



.285 



From ditto to the middle ot occi- 





















10.25 



.200 



12.6 



.320 







10.25 



.260 



Antero postei'ior diameter of or- 





















2.8 



.070 



3.55 



.000 



2.30 



.058 



2.03 



.067 



Greatcst interval between inner 



















side of zygomatic arch and sur- 





















5.1 



.130 



5.1 



.130 







3.8 



.090 



Height of head from posterior 



















border occipital foramen to top 





















5.5 



.140 



7.5 



.190 



5.7 



.144 



6.8 



.173 



Width of head between inferior 



















angles ot occipital crests, .... 



11.0 



.280 



12.8 



.325 



8.8 



.224 



9.7 



.246 



Jjengtli of occipital foramen, .... 



2.0 



.050 



2.6 



.066 



2.0 



.050 



2.48 



.062 





l.G 



.040 



1.6 



.040 



1.3 



.032 



1.5 



.038 





10.25 



.260 



11.85 



.300 



10.5 



2.66 



9.48 



.240 



iJistance between alveolus ot first 





















4.3 



.110 



6.7 



.170 







1.4 



.035 



From summit of occipital crest to 



















alveolus 01 miuuio lucisives, • • 



25.2 



.640 



29.9 



.7G0 







23.15 



.588 



From ditto to anterior margin of 





























9.0 



2.28 



10.2 



.250 



From anterior margin of orbit to 











alveoli of middle incisive, .... 















12.4 



.314 



Vertical diameter of orbits, .... 









* • • • 



2.4 



.06 



2,3 



.058 



Interval between alveolus of first 



















or deciduous molar and middle 





















6.8 



.170 



8.3 



.210 







3.8 



.096 



"Width of cranium in rear of the 





























3.7 



.093 



4.4 



.112 



