348 ANIMAL REMAINS FROM THE EXCAVATIONS AT ANAU. 
Canis familiaris matris optime Jeitteles. (See plate 72, figs. rand 2.) 
I have with great care put together the remains of the skull found at +28 
feet and thus reconstructed the whole skull as shown in plate 72, fig. 1. The 
length of the skullis 164 mm. Therefore, this dog belongs to the dogs of medium 
size. The skull is relatively low and approaches in this respect Canis poutiatini 
Studer, and the dingo. It is but little developed in width and is arched. Also, 
in the temporal region it is but slightly concave. The sagittal-muscle ridge is 
strongly developed. The tympanic cavities are relatively small, blistery, and 
without the usual keel-shaped ridge. The face shows a slight zygomatic arch 
and relatively broad, short palate. The relation of the dental arch of the upper 
jaw is as follows: The length of the carnassial tooth is 25 per cent of the whole row 
of back teeth, that of the three premolars is 42.5 per cent. We have, therefore, 
to do with the genuine dog. The carnassial tooth, however, has only an absolute 
length of 17 mm. and a width of 8 mm., which indicates a house-dog. The other 
cranial measurements are easily seen in the following table, in which the skull 
is compared with various others of similar size, of wild and domestic Canide. 
Table of dimensions (in millimeters). 












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as Studer ‘so/2o BBL. SY 
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Basilar lengthier oe ee 164 166 | 165 |161 167 157 |165 |164 168 164 |164 |169 |208 
Length Of palate... werner 88 gl 92 | 90 94 84 | 91 | 91 94 91 |:90 | [Lares 
Width of palate.......... 50 49 Sol eag 50 47 | 46 | 50 49 49.) 50 | ..0s3 
| Greatest width of skull....) 57 Sa SS ae ay 58 56 | 62 | 58 56 56 | 56 | 570) S765 
Width of meatus auditorius 
externus........... ree+| 57-5 56 574 5205 55 50 | 60 | 52 59 60 | 60 | 58 | 75 
Widthonarcuszygomaticus |102 TOS hres seh ke Le 98 | .. |104 104 Pe eerie iio 
Least dimensions between 
inferior borders of orbits | 37 34 fell Wet 2 39 32.1 35 34 26 ae 
Heightofskull’ ei see ae 54 52 Sr St 59 53 | 56 | 58 55 57 | 58 
Length of teeth pet teen 69 O44 "62" ha alan 65 63 | 66 | 66 68 61 | 61 
Length of carnassial tooth,| 17 18 07 acute 17 18 | 18 | 18 18 15 | 18 
Length of molars. one: 18 18 OA es 18 19 | 20 | 20 17 15 | 18 
Width of carnassial tooth .| 9 | seal eeee}oees 9 Op Ito 8 7 elle 
Basicranial axis..........| 46 | 49 48 | 43 47 SA ASS ARS 48 rch ct dle 2. 
Basifacialtaxismem sss eae LI2S MSI 7 seer 1S 120 113 |120 |119 120 Hy tiee TOA 
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After long and careful consideration I give below certain conclusions which 
are based on these comparative measurements and on the direct comparison 
of the Anau skull with the collection of dog skulls in the museum at Bern, and 
also especially with the rich collection of subfossil Bohemian dog skulls, contain- 
ing abundant material from 50 different Bohemian localities, which the Museum 
Society in Teplitz had the kindness to intrust to me for determination and pub- 
lication. 
