. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. uRsus 289 deep (depth to level of under side of postglenoid process con- siderably more than distance from tip of postorbital process to middle of interparietal) but not unusually wide (mastoid breadth slightly exceeding depth to under side of postglenoid process). Dorsal profile usually with an evident concavity in interorbital region, but this character showing much variation ; highest point at bregma or slightly further forward, the profile nearly straight and sloping
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. uRsus 289 deep (depth to level of under side of postglenoid process con- siderably more than distance from tip of postorbital process to middle of interparietal) but not unusually wide (mastoid breadth slightly exceeding depth to under side of postglenoid process). Dorsal profile usually with an evident concavity in interorbital region, but this character showing much variation ; highest point at bregma or slightly further forward, the profile nearly straight and sloping away at an angle of about 20° behind this point to slightly overhanging lambdal region ; ventral profile faintly and. I Fig. 51. ITisus arctos. x J. evenly concave throughout. Brain-case broadly ovate in outline, its greatest breadth about equal to distance from bregma to lambda,"" its depth at middle, exclusive of sagittal crest, slightly less than greatest breadth ; lambdoid and sagittal crests well developed in adults, the lambda noticeably projecting so that occiptal condyles are scarcely visible when skull is viewed from above, and region between crest and foramen magnum is deeply concave; sagittal crest dividing in region of bregma into two ridges, one of which * Except in very old individuals in which the lambda is greatly produced backward. C. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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