. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 44 BULLETIISr 171, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM skull in this region. The cranial portion is conspicuously shortened anteroposteriorly and is convex dorsaily in a longitudinal profile somewhat as in the Florida S. ambarvalis. Some of the modern western skunks, as S. gracilis and S. phenax, have relatively flat dorsal profiles and are also more elongate than the cave specimen. Further- more, the longitudinal profile of rostrum is slightly concave anterior to the frontals, as noted in several specimens of S. putorius. The dental formula of Br
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 44 BULLETIISr 171, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM skull in this region. The cranial portion is conspicuously shortened anteroposteriorly and is convex dorsaily in a longitudinal profile somewhat as in the Florida S. ambarvalis. Some of the modern western skunks, as S. gracilis and S. phenax, have relatively flat dorsal profiles and are also more elongate than the cave specimen. Further- more, the longitudinal profile of rostrum is slightly concave anterior to the frontals, as noted in several specimens of S. putorius. The dental formula of Brachyprotoma is as in Conepatus, and the characters of the upper teeth of the Cumberland Cave specimen corre- spond rather closely with those of B. pristina. M* has a broader heel than in the type, but the difference may not be greater than can be attributed to individual variation or possibly to difference of 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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