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Citation Information
ORDO CARNIVORA. 353
79, fig. I).* 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
(Mus. Vienna).*
Recent pariah dogs (Mus. Vienna).
North Kurgan, Anau +28 ft.
Egypt.
Skulls.
Basilar length
Superior length of skull
Length of frontal
Length of parietal
Length of nasal
Width of palate
Width of parietal
Width between proximal orbitals of
frontal
Greatest width of nasals
Least width between inferior borders of
orbits
Greatest height of occipital
Greatest width of occipital
Width on arcus zygomaticus
Width of muzzle before front premolar Ratio of width of occipital triangle to height, expressed in proportions to too.
164 I82
46
5o
57
37 46 60 IO2
41
From
rock-tomb
at Siût.t
144
161
55
47
59
48
56
54
17
38
46
62
97
35
From
tomb at
Thebes. $
141
166
57
66
46
56
52
18
38
47
62
99
35
Greece.
173
197
61
52
72
53
58
55
I$
37 50 67 105 (?)
41
Abydos.
161
178
53
45
46
56
47
z6
31 47 6o I04
36
Wadi-Halfa.
162
185
55
46
71
47
55
47
17
31 51 63 IOI
38
77
74
76
75
78
79
Wolf-
dog.
139
140
54
Anau.
Canis matris optima.
I45
147
72
4
57 (?)
25
20
21
Auvernier, Canis matris optimæ.11
152
62
84
62
23 26.5
21.5 24
22 ...
Wolf from Au vernier pile-dwellings.
27
32.5
Re-
cent
wolf.
197
I00
78
34
34
Schlossberg, Canis inostranzewi.
145
78
5
26
21
Lower jaw.
Length from proximal angulare Length from proximal articu-
lare
Length of molars
Length of toothless space be-
fore premolar
Height of vertical branch .... Height of horizontal branch
behind molar
Length of molar
Length of symphysis
5
30
23
25
140
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73
6
25 2I
21
79
I
2I
22
20
23
2I
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Canis
poutia-
tini.§
* Determined as Canis xnalris oktxmce by Jeitteles himself. t Collected by Dr. Lauth. $ Collected by Schneider.
After Studer. YAfter Jeitteles.
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 optima. 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 xvlt.
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