FIGURE 9 in A new species of Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from dry forests of the Amazonia-Cerrado transition

FIGURE 9. Selected anatomical features of the skull and mandible of Akodon diauarum n. sp. based on adult individuals (MZUSP 36029 [A-C, E-G, J], MZUSP 36038 [D], MCN-M 1382 [H], MN 73906 [I]): dorsal view: A) rostrum; B) interorbital region; C) braincase; ventral view: D) palatal region; F) posterior portion of the skull; lateral view: E) rostrum; G) posterior portion of the skull; ventrolateral (H) and lateral (I) views: of alisphenoid bone region; lateral view: J) mandible. Abbreviations are: ab, auditory bulla; als, alisphenoid strut; an, angular notch; ap, angular process; boc, basioccipital; bmf, buccinatormasticatory foramen; cap, capsular projection; cp, condyloid process; crp, coronoid process; Exo, exoccipital; foa, foramen ovale accessory; Fr, frontal; fs, frontal sinus; gp, gnathic process; if, incisive foramen; Ip, interparietal; la, lacrimal; lpp, lateral projection of the parietal; lr, lambdoidal ridge; mas, mastoid; Max, maxillary; mbt, trough for buccinator-masticatory branch of maxillary nerve; mf, mental foramen; ms, mesopterygoid fossa; Na, Nasal; nc, nasolacrimal capsule; Pa, parietal; Pal, palate; palc, posterior opening of the alisphenoid canal; pgf, postglenoid foramen; psp, posterior suspensory process of squamosal; Pre, premaxillae; pt, parapterygoid fossa; sag, squamosal-alisphenoid groove; sn, sigmoid notch; Sq, squamosal; ssf, subsquamosal fenestra; stf, stapedial foramen; szr, squamosal zygomatic root; tt, tegmen tympani; zn, zygomatic notch; zp, zygomatic plate. White-dotted lines indicate relative position of some anatomical features.