. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 324 Dr. Elnar Lonnbeig—Notts on Arctonyx. appears to be the case in ; The type of orestes being a ^^ young adult ^^ female, its cranial measurements are directly comparable with those of our specimen from Kansn. The latter prove, however, to be very much smaller in every dimension. Especially noteworthy is the difference in size of m\ the greatest diameter of which is 16 mm. in orestes^ but only 13*8 mm. in the present specimen from Kansu. This^ together with
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 324 Dr. Elnar Lonnbeig—Notts on Arctonyx. appears to be the case in ; The type of orestes being a ^^ young adult ^^ female, its cranial measurements are directly comparable with those of our specimen from Kansn. The latter prove, however, to be very much smaller in every dimension. Especially noteworthy is the difference in size of m\ the greatest diameter of which is 16 mm. in orestes^ but only 13*8 mm. in the present specimen from Kansu. This^ together with the great differences in colour, convinces me that these two forms of Arctonyx are quite distinct from each other. Quite recently Jacobi *; when describing the mammals of Stotzner's expedition to China, has pointed out that the coloration etc. of A. ohscurus is subjected to considerable variation, and he has also liad a specimen, which he refers to this species, which lias the whole back black. It is rather dlfhcuit to express any opinion in this case, as the author Fiu-. 1. Fig. 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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