SIWALIR AND NARBADA CARNIVORA. 
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ramus of the mandible, and was obtained by Mr. Theobald in the Siwaliks of the 
village of Asnot, in the Punjab ; and is now in the Indian Museum. The ramus is 
complete from the symphysis nearly to the hinder border of the carnassial ; it shows 
the broken bases of two incisors, and of the canine ; the alveolus of pm. 2 ; the 
nearly perfect pm. 3 and pm. 4; and the base of the carnassial (m. l), imperfect 
posteriorly. The shape of the jaw and the number and form of the cheek-teeth 
conclusively show that the specimen belongs to a species of ratel of about the same 
dimensions as the living species and M. sivalensis , and it, therefore, remains to show 
its distinctness from these species. The following table gives the dimensions of the 
mandible of the three forms : — 
Specimen. 
M. 
indica. 
Mi 
sivalensis. 
Space occupied by cheek-teeth and canine . . 
1-91 (?) 
1-85 
1-74 
Ditto by cheek-teeth . . . . ... 
1-45 (?) 
i-4 
1-37 
Interval between carnassial and canine . . 
0-95 
0-9 
0-94 
Depth at m. l 
0-68 
0-67 
Ant -posterior diameter of canine .... 
0-42 
(0-32) 
0-38 
0-39 
Length of pm. 2 
0-21 (0-22) 
0-22 
„ „ „ 3 
0-25 
(0-26) 
0-29 
0-32 
„ „ „ 4 
0-39 (0-44) 
0-38 
,, ,, m. 1 
(0-54) 
0-59 
0-53 
Interval between p5T3 and canine 
0-32 
0-28 
0-23 
These dimensions show that the specimen is distinguished from the mandible of 
M. sivalensis (woodcut, fig. 1, b) by the great difference in the size of pm. 3 and pm. 4 ; 
the former tooth being smaller than in the living species, whereas in M. sivalensis it 
is larger. The two fossils must also have been distinguished by the distinct interval 
which in the specimen under consideration must have existed between pm. 2 and 
pm. 3. Both fossils agree, and thereby differ from both the living species, in there 
being no overlap of pm. 4 by m. 1. The carnassial of the Punjab jaw must have 
been about equal to the average size of that of the living Indian species ; but the 
canine is stouter than in the latter, or M. sivalensis. As regards the shape of the jaw 
itself the specimen under consideration is widely distinguished from the mandible 
of the latter by the line of the cheek-teeth being nearly a direct continuation of 
that of the inner side of the canine, without any outward curvature : this causes the 
outer surface of the jaw to be concave, in place of convex, and the outer surface of 
the canine to be placed far externally to the outer line of the premolars, instead of 
considerably on the inner side of the same. These differences are so great as 
apparently to leave no doubt that the Punjab mandible is specifically distinct 
from Mellivora sivalensis. 
With regard to M. indica, the specimen under consideration is distinguished in 
the first place by the relatively larger size of the canine, and the smaller size of 
pm. 3. Both agree in the straight line formed by the cheek-teeth, but the canine is 
placed more externally in the fossil : in the latter, moreover, the outer surface (plate 
XXVII., fig. 6) is concave antero-posteriorly below the premolars, in place of being 
flat, while the inner surface of the same (ibid, right side of fig. 6a), in place of 
