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FELIS HIPPOLESTES Merriam, C. H. 

 PI. 14, figs. 3, 4, 5. 



Felis hippolestes Merriam, C.H., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XI, p. 219, 

 July, 1897. 



This species is represented by several specimens. No. 8850 is 

 a large, fine skull, complete except for the lower jaw. It comes 

 from the Quaternary deposits of Samwel Cave, Shasta County, 

 California. 



Specimen No. 3819, from the Potter Creek Cave, Shasta 

 County, is only a small portion of the jaw showing P 3 , P 4 , and 

 M 1 . It resembles the modern pumas generally in the form of the 

 teeth. The measurements may show the teeth to be a little larger, 

 both longer and thicker than those of the type F. hippolestes. 

 The jaw in this form is rather heavy for a female. 



No. 3744, a fragment of the lower jaw from the Potter Creek 

 Cave, contains P ;J , P 4 , and M x . The jaw is slender, but the teeth 

 are about the same as in 3819. It may be a female like No. 3819. 



A left upper sectorial (No. 4423) from the Potter Creek Cave 

 represents a feline species almost identical with F. hippolestes 

 Merriam, C. H., except that it is a trifle larger. Comparison of 

 this specimen with the one from Samwel Cave shows that the 

 latter is somewhat larger. 



No. 4234 No. 8850 



Anteroposterior diameter 24.8 26.9 



Transverse diameter 11.5 12.5 



FELIS FASCIATUS Eafinesque, n. subsp. PAEVUS. 

 PI. 14, fig. 2. 



This specimen (No. 3741, Univ. of Calif. Col. Vert. Palae.) is 

 represented by a part of the right lower jaw with P 3 , P 4 , and M t 

 in place. It is from the Quaternary deposits of Potter Creek 

 Cave, Shasta County, California. 



This form resembles most closely a mandible of F. fasciatus 

 (TJ. S. National Museum, No. 58102) from Glendale, Oregon. 

 The mandible of 3741 is a little more slender, not so high, but is 

 as thick through. M x is about the size of that in F. fasciatus. 



