1918] Stock: The Pleistocene Fauna of Hawver Cave 479 



C. pambasileus, according to Merriam, 10 this face is "a little narrower 

 transversely and more nearly quadrate in form . . . than in C. dims." 



Metatarsal 3, no. 19937, is identical in size and shape with corre- 

 sponding metapodials of Canis dims from Rancho La Brea. Although 



Fig. 1. Canis, near dirus Leidy. Calcaneum, no. 21472, X %. Pleistocene 

 of Hawver Cave, near Auburn, California. 



Fig. 2. Canis, near dirus Leidy. Third metatarsal, no. 19937, X Pleisto- 

 cene of Hawver Cave, near Auburn, California. 



this specimen (fig. 2) is absolutely shorter than the third metatarsal 

 of C. pambasileus, the anteroposterior diameter of the proximal end 

 and the width and thickness of the shaft at the middle are fully equal 

 to the corresponding measurements in the Recent form. According 

 to Merriam "The metatarsals of C. dirus, even where shorter abso- 

 lutely than in C. pambasileus, are distinctly wider anteroposterior^' 

 in the upper half of the shaft." 



Measurements 



Calcaneum — no. 21472 



Greatest length 73.2 mm. 



Greatest width 27 



Metatarsal 3— no. 19937 



Greatest length 93 



Anteroposterior diameter of proximal end 19.6 



Transverse width at middle of shaft 10.5 



Thickness at middle of shaft 8.9 



CANIS OCHROPUS Esehscholtz 

 A skull from Hawver Cave, which is somewhat damaged and lacks 

 the lower jaw, agrees in dimensions with skulls of the Recent Canis 

 ochropus and is referred to that species. The California valley coyote 



io Merriam, J. C, The fauna of Rancho La Brea, pt. 2, Canidae, Mem. Univ. 

 Calif., vol. 1, p. 239, 1912. 



