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while in No. 6951 it is 38 mm. In the first, the bone is 9 mm. 
thick; in the latter, only 7 mm. As to the meaning of these differ¬ 
ences nothing at present can be said. 
A left ramus No. 7039, was found with the large cervicals 7039 
and 7591- The tooth row has the same length as No. 6951. The 
distance of the symphysis is slightly greater than in 6951. 
Among the deer bones collected in the “muck bed” at Vero are 
some which belonged to adult animals and are much smaller than 
the corresponding bones of other individuals. It is probable that 
these belonged to small animals, most likely does, but there is a 
possibility that they represent a distinct species. 
VULPES PALMARIA, NEW SPECIES. 
Vulpes Pennsylvaniais? Sellards, E. H., 1916, Science, n. s. Vol. XLIV., 
p. 617; Jour. Geology, Vol. XXV., p. 17; 8th Ann. Rep. Fla. Geol. Surv., pp. 132, 
152, 158, pi. XXX., fig. 4. 
Type specimen .—A part of the right ramus of the lower jaw, 
containing the third and fourth premolars and a part of the socket 
for the canine. The first and second premolars had disappeared 
early in life. No. 6738 of the collection of the Florida Geological 
Survey. 
Type locality. —Vero, Florida. 
Type formation. —Stratum No. 3 of the Pleistocene deposit at 
Vero. 
Diagnosis. —Talon of lower fourth premolar narrower than the 
body of the tooth. Third premolar without a cusp behind the 
principal one. Lower jaw thicker and heavier than in Vulpes fulva. 
The writer has carefully compared the type jaw of this fox 
with that of various specimens of the red fox (V. fulva) and has 
concluded that it does not belong, as Sellards thought it possibly 
did, to this existing species, but to one hitherto undescribed. In 
the following table various measurements are presented, taken from 
the jaw found at Vero; and the corresponding ones of a red fox 
from Clarke county, Virginia, and of F macroura from Montana. 
