FIGURE 5 in A new species of Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from dry forests of the Amazonia-Cerrado transition

FIGURE 5. Selected anatomical features of the skull of Akodon n. sp. (left) and A. cursor (right). A) rostral and palatal region in ventral view (MCN-M 1382, MZUFV 1947); B) rostral region in dorsal view (MN 73906, MZUFV 1947); C) alisphenoid bone region in lateral/oblique view (MCN-M 1382, MZUFV 1949); D) posterior region of braincase in lateral view (MN 73906, MZUFV 1947). Abbreviations are: Al, alisphenoid; Exo, exoccipital; if, incisive foramen; lpp, lateral projection of the parietal; ms, mesopterygoid fossa; nc, nasolacrimal capsule; Pa, parietal; Sq, squamosal; zn, zygomatic notch. White-dotted (A and B) indicate comparative alignments. Note the different shape of the squamosal-alisphenoid suture black lines in C) linear throughout most of its length in Akodon n. sp. and curved (frequently S-like) in A. cursor. Figures are out of scale in order to improve comparisons.