. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia . mUT FIG. 126.— Dorsal surface of right tarsu-of Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros suinatrcn-sis). i. FIG. 127.—Dorsal surface of right tarsusof Horse (£guus caballus), j. symmetrical form. The second and fifth toes, when presentare also equal, but smaller than the others. A line drawnthrough the centre of the foot has on its tibial side the thirddigit and metatarsal, the external cuneiform, the navicularand half the astragalus ; and on its fibular side the fourthdigit and metatarsal, the cuboid and the other half of the THE HIND FOOT OR PES. [CHAP. ast
. An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia . mUT FIG. 126.— Dorsal surface of right tarsu-of Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros suinatrcn-sis). i. FIG. 127.—Dorsal surface of right tarsusof Horse (£guus caballus), j. symmetrical form. The second and fifth toes, when presentare also equal, but smaller than the others. A line drawnthrough the centre of the foot has on its tibial side the thirddigit and metatarsal, the external cuneiform, the navicularand half the astragalus ; and on its fibular side the fourthdigit and metatarsal, the cuboid and the other half of the THE HIND FOOT OR PES. [CHAP. astragalus. The distal articular surface of the astragalus isdivided into two nearly equal facets, one for the navicularand one for the cuboid. The calcaneum has an articularfacet for the lower end of the fibula. In the Suina (Fig. 128) all the tarsal bones are four toes are well developed, and the metatarsals are
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