skull of Maclear's Rat (Rattus macleari), labeled
cranium: as) alisphenoid, bo) basioccipital bone, bs) basisphenoid, bt) tympanic bulla, cl) lambdoidal crest, cnl) nasolacrimal capsule, co) occipital condyle, ct) temporal crest, f) frontal bone, fhg) hypoglossal foramen, fi) incisive foramen, flm) middle lacerate foramen, fm) foramen magnum, fmp) mesopterygoid fossa, fo) foramen ovale, foa) accessory foramen ovale, fpl) palatine foramen, fpt) pterygoid fossa, ip) interparietal bone, j) jugal bone, l) lacrimal bone, m) maxillary bone, ms) mastoid, n) nasal bone, o) occipital bone, os) orbitosphenoid, p) parietal bone, ph) hamular process, pl) palatine bone, pm) premaxillary bone, ppo) paroccipital process, pt) pterygoid, pzm) zygomatic process of maxilla, pzs) zygomatic process of squamosal, s) squamosal bone, spv) sphenopalatine vacuity, zn) zygomatic notch, zp) zygomatic plate, zs) zygomatic spine


mandible: cm) body of mandible, pal) alveolar process, pan) angular process, pcn) condyloid process, pcr) coronoid process
image: Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png
most labels: Carleton, Musser. 1984. Muroid rodents. Pp. 289–379, in Anderson, Jones Jr.: Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. John Wiley &amp; Sons, New York (fig. 51)
additional labels: Niethammer, Krapp. 1978. Handbuch der Säugetiere Europas. Band 1. Nagetiere I. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden (fig. 3)
Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png: Charles William Andrews (1866-1924)
derivative work: Torben Schink (talk)