The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . tv jaBones of fore-foot {Bison europaeus).. Bones of hind-foot {Bison europaus). toes (Hi & iv), and one sesamoid behind the last joint of the sametoes. In most artificially-prepared skeletons of Ruminants, moic or lessof the small bones, often regarded as accessory, are lost; but they arereally for the most part beautifully indicative of traces of adherenceto the archetype, and I have on that account particularized them inthis notice of the anatomy of the Aurochs. 296 Miscellaneous. Measurements of the Trunk of the Aur
The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . tv jaBones of fore-foot {Bison europaeus).. Bones of hind-foot {Bison europaus). toes (Hi & iv), and one sesamoid behind the last joint of the sametoes. In most artificially-prepared skeletons of Ruminants, moic or lessof the small bones, often regarded as accessory, are lost; but they arereally for the most part beautifully indicative of traces of adherenceto the archetype, and I have on that account particularized them inthis notice of the anatomy of the Aurochs. 296 Miscellaneous. Measurements of the Trunk of the Aurochs. Inches. Length of vertebral column from the atlas to the sixth caudal vertebra, measured across the diapophyses 81 Length of vertebral column over the neural spines 88 Length of cervical region over the diapophyses 17 Length of dorsal region ditto 30 Length of lumbar region ditto 13 Length of sacral and six caudal ditto 21 Depth of spine of seventh cervical 8 Depth of spine of first, second and third dorsal, being the three longest, each 11 Length of first rib 9 Length of ninth, or the longest 18^ Seven
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