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25 has tip of snout much more broken
Measurements don't bring out these differences in head shape
because the ♀ is much thicker in proportion to the length than
the ♂'s and consequently girl measurements are skewed
since the two males don't show it
I learned from above the same
differences appears in #29♀ The head
is much more compressed
& is sharper
Osteology
When removing the skeletons I dissected the
animals with great care & the following
results are certainly correct
#29♀ I. boraxia #29 ♀
Teeth formula 47-46 Teeth set loosely in
47-46
sockets & could be easily
moved with the fingers; teeth curved slightly
outward, & very sharp. The anterior ones of
each jaw are accordingly small & if they
had not been carried in situ the for-
mula would almost certainly be given as
different because the very minute anterior
tees would surely be lost by ordinary
preparations. This would undoubtedly
account for the discrepancies in the
formulae given by True for this species.
Phal 97 pns - the last 2 pns short & imputedched
i.e.