ORDO CARNIVORA. 
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79, fig. 1).* A mummied skull of the same animal is in the collection of the British 
Museum in London. 
Aside from these facts I am able to give exact cranial comparison because 
among the skulls of Jeitteles’s collection in the k. k. Hofmuseum in Vienna which 
Table of dimensions (in millimeters). 









































Subfossil dogs Recent pariah dogs | 
(Mus. Vienna).* (Mus. Vienna). 
North |— —— — ee eee 
a ; Kurgan, Egypt. 
Skulls. renee sYP | 
+28 ft.) From | From | Greece. | Abydos. Wadi-Halfa. | 
rock-tomb | tomb at | 
at Sifit.t | Thebes.t{ 
ASIAte LOH OLS ea ce ay fore ie ease: ole estes ns 164 144, eat 173 161 162 
Superior length of skull............:- 182 LGt ee LOG 197 178 185 
et tte GlatrOMt als. ieye oc. shas exrei-de- 0) IA 55 57 61 53 55 
pete Ula Ol PAxIetall sec 27 ef!s sis cias aie 5 oo + 46 47 43 52 45 46 
rete Ob asa evs. Wy aiely sn Sos yenavareuevs aber vars Piste 59 66 | 72 66 71 
WER O AIA TCI. cr a aieiids sucusierett ccs. & 50 48 46 | 53 46 47 
Nirclenvorimarietall dai... rere cams uae se 57 56 56 58 56 55 
Width between proximal orbitals of 
PEOU Ce om eee ducted ocr ckehe creat | 54 52 55 47 47 | 
(reatest width of nasals. .;......:¢... C7) 18 18 16 | 1%) 
Least width between inferior borders of 
CATAL S OY 12 eee TE Wedteh teers ee hisses ls eg; 38 38 37 31 31 
Greatest height of occipital............ 46 46 47 50 | 47 51 
Greatest width of occipital........... 60 62 62 67 60 63 
Width on arcus zygomaticus........... 102 97 99 | 105 (?) 104 IOI 
Width of muzzle before front premolar 41 35 35 AT a 36 38 
Ratio of width of ‘occipital triangle to |-————_| ——___| —— —- | 
height, expressed in proportions to 100. 77 74 70: 7 75 78 79 
Anat. Pirets gaits Wolf fr om | Ree | ae | 
Lower jaw. ) poutia-- Canis airy | cent | Canis | 
Wolf- Canis matris optime. tint.§ | matris | P cf ut? | wolf, ‘inostran-| 
Tired 2am {| S08: optime. ||, 8s. 2ewt. 
Length from proximal angulare 145 140 139 | 152 197 145 | 
Length from proximal articu- | | | / 
LALGEEMS fei ys: oie se aveks escee TAF NTAAG Es 140 62 Frc 
Length of molars............ 72) 73 | 79 Sle teolllN o She 100 78 | 
Length of toothless space be- | 
fore premolar Th. .'.s.. ss 5 yy CE ee J pti Wha be = Gis 5 
Height of vertical branch.... ST ese aws: te 54 62 78 | 
Height of horizontal branch 
Behind molar. .....-..05 6 30 a5 -125.|.aF | 23) 2 26.5 27 34 26 
Bengt Of Molar... nk es ae 23 2O je 2T*| 522-227 20 5ia 2 375 34 21 
Length of symphysis........ 25 Che Sai Mleexe 22 Be | 


* Determined as Canis matris optime by Jeitteles himself. 
2 After Studer. After Jeitteles. 


{Collected by Dr. Lauth. 
al 
{Collected by Schneider, 
was open to me through the kindness of the Custos Kittl, there are several mum- 
mied skulls from Egypt which, according to the accompanying labels and written 
documents, were determined by Jeitteles himself as Canis matris optime. As 
a characteristic of these skulls, we may take the ratio of width to height of the 

* Rosellini, I., Monumenti dell’ Egitto, etc., Mon. Civile, plate xvi. 
