ABNORMAL INCISORS OF MA KM OTA MoXAX L 



CHARLES A. SHULL 

 Transylvania UNIVERSITY, Lexington', Ky. 



The common woodchuck or ground hog, Marmota 

 momuc, is found rather frequently in most parts of cen- 

 tral Kentucky; and, since it occupies the same burrows, 



The interesting specimen which is illustrated here was 

 found near Silver Creek, Madison Co., Ky., by Mr. 

 Charles Meeks, who presented it to Mr. Thomas Goff, of 



^MNn'ufTrnn.^vlvn.nn Fniversity. The upper incisors 

 are extremely long and curved so as to form with the 

 parts imbedded in the premaxilla more than a complete 



