. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 208 Zoological Society:— sistance of my friend Dr. Peters, who happened to be present on the occasion. The skull of Hystriv malabarica, which is that of a very old animal with the molar teeth worn very low and the cranial sutures nearly obliterated, agrees in the shape of the nasal and intermaxillary bones with II. leucurn. As in the latter species, so in H. malabarica the nasal bones have their sides nearly parallel with the hinder mar- gin, terminating nearly in a line with
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 208 Zoological Society:— sistance of my friend Dr. Peters, who happened to be present on the occasion. The skull of Hystriv malabarica, which is that of a very old animal with the molar teeth worn very low and the cranial sutures nearly obliterated, agrees in the shape of the nasal and intermaxillary bones with II. leucurn. As in the latter species, so in H. malabarica the nasal bones have their sides nearly parallel with the hinder mar- gin, terminating nearly in a line with the anterior edge of the orbit, and the nasal processes of the intermaxillaries are broad and truncated. At first I was inclined to think there was some difference in the pat- terns of the molar teeth of the two species, those of H. malabarica being surrounded by a complete cingulum of enamel, and the internal areas being completely isolated, which is not the case in H. leucura. But this, I suspect, is only due to the age of the specimen. It would therefore be desirable to have further specimens of the skull of H. malabarica for comparison upon this point; but in other respects there seem to exist differences in the skulls of the two species which are amply sufficient to confirm their specific 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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