. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 86 CARNIVORA. but that the specimen should be referred to the same species. The premolars are very different from those of the mandible (No. M. 1549) of H. felina, but they come Fig. 8. m. 1. ypm. 4. pm. Hycena colvini.—Part of the right ramus of the mandible ; from the Siwalik Hills. \. (From the ' Palgeontologia Indica.') very near to those of No. 16565. The present specimen and No. M. 1549 have their teeth in precisely the same condition of wear. There is a cingulum to m. 1 in the present speci
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 86 CARNIVORA. but that the specimen should be referred to the same species. The premolars are very different from those of the mandible (No. M. 1549) of H. felina, but they come Fig. 8. m. 1. ypm. 4. pm. Hycena colvini.—Part of the right ramus of the mandible ; from the Siwalik Hills. \. (From the ' Palgeontologia Indica.') very near to those of No. 16565. The present specimen and No. M. 1549 have their teeth in precisely the same condition of wear. There is a cingulum to m. 1 in the present specimen, which is wanting in No. M. 1549, although present in No. 39731. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 16526. Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible of an imma- (Fig.) ture individual, containing the canine and the three pre- molars; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley in the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. L. fig. 9, and is briefly mentioned by the present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 296. The teeth are similar to those of the last specimen. Cautley Collection. Presented, 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 Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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