. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. VI.— Skills of Odocoilejbs. Viewed in profile from behind, a, O. < ouesi; b, o. am epic anus; C, . CROOKI; (I, 0. HEMIONUS CANUS. Cranial characters.—The skull, viewed in profile from behind (fig. 12a) is high, but squarish, not dome-shaped as in Odocoileus americanus (fig. 125) ; but the parocipital processes are thick and rather short, like those of I), americanus, quite different from those of O. crooki and the members of the hemionus group, in which they are long and slender (figs. 12c, d). The large, inflated auditory bullae (fi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. VI.— Skills of Odocoilejbs. Viewed in profile from behind, a, O. < ouesi; b, o. am epic anus; C, . CROOKI; (I, 0. HEMIONUS CANUS. Cranial characters.—The skull, viewed in profile from behind (fig. 12a) is high, but squarish, not dome-shaped as in Odocoileus americanus (fig. 125) ; but the parocipital processes are thick and rather short, like those of I), americanus, quite different from those of O. crooki and the members of the hemionus group, in which they are long and slender (figs. 12c, d). The large, inflated auditory bullae (fig. L3&), together with the small size of the skull, will also readily serve to distinguish it from 0. americanus. The auditory opening is larger and more prominent, the lateral profile of the brain case is quite different, the skull as a whole is less slender, and the man- dibular ramus more nearly vertical than in 0. americanus. The. 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 United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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