. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. Fig. 73.—Diprotodon austmlis. (After Owen.) edge, and seems to have furnished a strong support to the creature; this is also seen in the metacarpal of the fore-limb. Probably, therefore, Diprotodon was quadrupedal in its mode of progression, with the em- phasis laid upon the httle finger and the little toe instead of, as in ourselves, the first toe The hind-foot of the Diprotodo7V could not be more unlike that of a Kangaroo than it actually is. Another giant among these Marsupials was the genus Thylacoleo, whose name was given to it by Sir Eichard Owen
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. Fig. 73.—Diprotodon austmlis. (After Owen.) edge, and seems to have furnished a strong support to the creature; this is also seen in the metacarpal of the fore-limb. Probably, therefore, Diprotodon was quadrupedal in its mode of progression, with the em- phasis laid upon the httle finger and the little toe instead of, as in ourselves, the first toe The hind-foot of the Diprotodo7V could not be more unlike that of a Kangaroo than it actually is. Another giant among these Marsupials was the genus Thylacoleo, whose name was given to it by Sir Eichard Owen on the view that it was a Marsupial Tiger. Sir W. Flower has, however, controverted this opinion, and the genus is in fact, in spite of its large size, closely allied to the Phalangers and ^ Stirling and Zietz, Mem. Roy. Soc. South Australia, i. ; see also a notice in Nature, January 18, Fig. -Tliylacoleo carnifex. Side view of skull. (After FloAver.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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