Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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... element , the endemic species of the region . On purely theoretical grounds it is possible that in the past the relative importance of each of these three elements may have changed in accordance with prevailing climatic and other ...
... element , the endemic species of the region . On purely theoretical grounds it is possible that in the past the relative importance of each of these three elements may have changed in accordance with prevailing climatic and other ...
Page 117
... elements ( i.e. the femoro - humeral , tibio - radial and inter- membral indices ) . TABLE 21 Limb segment ratios in some carnivores . Humero- Femoro- Femoro- Tibio- Inter- n radial humeral tibial radial membral index index index index ...
... elements ( i.e. the femoro - humeral , tibio - radial and inter- membral indices ) . TABLE 21 Limb segment ratios in some carnivores . Humero- Femoro- Femoro- Tibio- Inter- n radial humeral tibial radial membral index index index index ...
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... elements in the two modern leopard skeletons . The articular surfaces of the fossil bones are , in some instances , similar in size to those of the cheetahs , although they are otherwise more stoutly pro- portioned . The few ...
... elements in the two modern leopard skeletons . The articular surfaces of the fossil bones are , in some instances , similar in size to those of the cheetahs , although they are otherwise more stoutly pro- portioned . The few ...
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SOUTHWESTERN CAPE PROVINCE | 2 |
Modern mammals of the southwestern Cape Province | 8 |
Fossil mammal occurrences in the southwestern Cape Province | 22 |
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abronia accessory cusp Aonyx apparently assemblage Baard's Quarry Bed 3a belong Bone Circle braincase buccal canine Canis mesomelas Cape lion capensis caracal carnassials carnivores chama cheekteeth comparative series conspecific Cornelian crocuta dentition deposits diam DIEGO differences Dimensions Dinofelis distal end Elandsfontein Ewer extant fauna Felis Florisian fossil Genetta Hendey Herpestes Holocene holotype Hyaena Hyaena brunnea Hyaenictis hyaenid individual Kurtén Langebaanweg Langebaanweg species larger late Pliocene lineage M₁ machairodont Machairodus Makapanian mammals mandible mandibular fragment material maxillary fragment Maximum antero-posterior diameter Maximum transverse diameter Megantereon Melkbos Mellivora metaconid modern species modern specimens mungo occurrences P₁ P₂ Panthera leo parastyle pardus Percrocuta Pleistocene Pliocene postcranial posterior preforfex premolars present protocone proximal end Quaternary region relatively represented respect Sea Harvest serval similar skeleton skull smaller South African southern Africa Subfamily Suricata Swartklip Table talonid teeth terblanchei tooth vertebrate Viverra viverrid Vulpes