252 
PHASCOLOMYIDiE. 
Inches. 
Width of condyle ... ... . 1 
Antero-posterior diameter of ditto . 
Distance between the outer edges of the two 
rami, behind ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Width from the inner edge of the inflected 
angular portion to the outer edge of the ramus 2 
Lines. 
7 
3 
10 
2 
The specimen of the Wombat already alluded to, as having 
lived in the Menagerie of the Zoological Society, was of a grey 
colour, and measured 3 feet in length: the following dimen¬ 
sions are from a male specimen, preserved in brine, in the 
British Museum Collection. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
“ of ear 
il from nose to car 
u of fore foot and nails ... 
Width of ditto 
Length of hind foot and nails ... 
Width of ditto 
Inches. Lines. 
28 Q 
2 0 
6 0 
3 2 
1 11 
3 5 
1 6 
The feet of this animal are figured in Plate 12. 
Fig. 7. Represents the under side of the fore foot, half the natural size. 
tl 7 a. The hind foot, half the natural size. 
PHASCOLOMYS LATIFRONS. 
Broad-fronted Wombat. 
Phascolomys latifrons . Owen, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
1845. 
Frontal hones broad, and presenting a well-marked suprn-orbital 
ridge, and post-orbital process; width of these bones in 
proportion to the length of the skull, ns 33 to 75: width of 
skull in proport ion to lengt h, as 1 to 5 : incisor teeth broadest 
in front, the upper pair distinctly broader than the lower. 
