MAMMALS-CANIDAE—CANIS LATRANS. 
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The present skull is exactly similar, except in being a little smaller, to that of the specimen 
upon which Dr. Woodhouse founded his supposed diminutive species of Coyote, under the name 
of Cania frustror. 
The following table of measurements will illustrate the above remarks. In addition to the 
absolute dimensions, a column of proportion gives the width of the skull in terms of hundredths 
of the length from the anterior extremity of the bony alveolus of the incisors to the posterior 
portion of the occipital condyles. 
Measurements and comparison of the sTculls of prairie wolves. 
Length of skull taken from the anterior edge of the alveolar processes of the incisors to the most backward portion of 
the condyles. 
Lower jaw measured from the anterior border of the incisive alveolar to the posterior edge of condyle. 
No. of 
skull. 
Locality. 
Sex. 
Length of 
lower jaw. 
Length of 
skull. 
Width of 
skull. 
1327 
Fort Kearny, Neb. _ 
Female- 
4.90 
.72 
6. 78 
1. 00 
3. 69 
.54 
1331 
__do_ 
5. 08 
.78 
6. 50 
1. 00 
3. 76 
. 57 
1338 
5.15 
.76 
6. 73 
1. 00 
3. 63 
. 53 
818 
Fort Pierre, Neb....._...._ 
..do.... 
5.13 
.78 
6. 56 
1. 00 
3. 67 
. 55 
1335 
Fort Kearny, Neb....___ 
Male_ 
5. 27 
.75 
7. 02 
1. 00 
3.82 
.54 
1332 
_....do.... 
Female. 
5 10 
.75 
6.77 
1.00 
3. 57 
.52 
1339 
..do..... 
Male_ 
5.28 
.76 
6.93 
1.00 
3.62 
.52 
1340 
5 40 
.76 
7.10 
1. 00 
3. 53 
. 49 
1336 
Female - 
5. 35 
.78 
6. 84 
1.00 
3.75 
.54 
1326 
--------do.__ 
..do._ 
5 06 
. 75 
6. 73 
1. 00 
3. 62 
. 53 
1341 
Male... 
5. 29 
.76 
6. 93 
1. 00 
3.56 
.51 
1342 
...._do....... 
Female. 
5.70 
.77 
7.34 
1. 00 
3.93 
.53 
1333 
5. 08 
.77 
6. 58 
1. 00 
3. 42 
. 52 
1329 
5.12 
. 77 
6. 58 
1. 00 
3. 50 
. 53 
1334 
5. 00 
.75 
6. 60 
1. 00 
3. 38 
. 51 
1328 
..do_ 
5. 30 
. 76 
6. 93 
1. 00 
3. 58 
. 51 
1337 
_ -_ 
..do_ 
5.16 
. 77 
6. 75 
1. 00 
3. 45 
. 51 
889 
Grand Isle, Platte river.__ 
..do_ 
4. 87 
.72 
6. 49 
1. 00 
3. 30 
.50 
1330 
Fort Kearny, Neb....___ 
_ _do_--_ 
4. 90 
. 76 
6. 50 
1. 00 
3. 23 
. 49 
1218 
Sin Diego, Cal......_...._ 
5. 66 
. 78 
7.20 
1. 00 
3. 76 
. 52 
999 
Copper Mines, N. M...._ 
5. 73 
.77 
7. 40 
1 . 00 
3. 62 
.48 
1000 
5. 30 
. 74 
6. 85 
1 . 00 
1001 
--------do-----------. 
4. 96 
.76 
6. 50 
1 . 00 
3. 28 
.50 
975 
Frontera, Texas _ _ _ _ _ 
5. 24 
.74 
6. 77 
1 . 00 
3. 59 
.52 
1916 
Columbia river. _ _ _ _ .... 
5. 50 
.76 
7. 20 
1 . 00 
1114 
Eagle Pass. ........___ 
6. 70 
1 . 00 
3. 70 
. 55 
1019 
Texas _.... _ ....... 
6. 50 
1 . 00 
3. 50 
. 53 
1607 
San Francisco Mountains, N.M. 
6. 60 
1 . 00 
3. 50 
. 52 
2'.98 
5. 33 
.76 
7.00 
1 . 00 
3. 64 
.52 
Note.— The second columns under each head gives the length or width in terms of hundredths of the distance from inci¬ 
sive alveoli to the most posterior portion of the occipital condyles. 
