An introduction to the osteology of the Mammalia : being the substance of the course of lectures delivered at the Royal college of surgeons of England in 1870 / By William Henry Flower.

Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899.

Date:: 1870

Credit: An introduction to the osteology of the Mammalia : being the substance of the course of lectures delivered at the Royal college of surgeons of England in 1870 / By William Henry Flower. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$astragalus is divided into two nearly equal facets, one for the navicular and one for the cuboid. In the Suina (Fig. 120) all the tarsal bones are distinct. The four toes are well developed, and the metatarsals are usually distinct. The foot is relatively shortest and broadest in the Hippopotamus, the outer toes being nearly as long as the others, and the ungual phalanges very short, broad, and rounded in front. The Peccaries show a transition towards the ruminating sections of the order in the reduc- FiG. 120.—Dorsal surface of right tarsus Fig. 121.—Dorsal surface of right tarsus of Pig {Sus scro/a), \. of Red Deer {Cei-vus elaphus), \. tion of the size of the outer toes and the confluence of the third and fourth metacarpals. In the Tylopoda the cuboid and navicular are distinct. There is no internal cuneiform. The second and fifth digits are entirely absent. The metatarsals of the third and$