. The sense of touch in mammals and birds : with special reference to the papillary ridges . od illustration ofthe marked papillary ridges, below each of which is seen a long,pointed Driisenleiste, and divided by these are papillae of thecorium also sharply pointed. This is a transverse section from DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES EXAMINED 113 ^-i^ 0^. yisW¥-Q» Fig. 124.—Black-headed Lemur. x 15. Pes. Plan-tar surface, distal portion of padat base of D. 1, through nodules,longitudinal section. ^/:.o -7 . .-V^ . ^ Fig. 126.—Ring-tailed Lemur. Lemurcatta. X 15. Pes, D. 1. Ter-minal phala
. The sense of touch in mammals and birds : with special reference to the papillary ridges . od illustration ofthe marked papillary ridges, below each of which is seen a long,pointed Driisenleiste, and divided by these are papillae of thecorium also sharply pointed. This is a transverse section from DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES EXAMINED 113 ^-i^ 0^. yisW¥-Q» Fig. 124.—Black-headed Lemur. x 15. Pes. Plan-tar surface, distal portion of padat base of D. 1, through nodules,longitudinal section. ^/:.o -7 . .-V^ . ^ Fig. 126.—Ring-tailed Lemur. Lemurcatta. X 15. Pes, D. 1. Ter-minal phalanx, transverse sec-tion. m^- , t Si? Fig. 125.—Mungoose Lemu Lemur mungoz. x 30. Pes, D. 1Terminal phalanx at tip, transverse section. the terminal phalanx of the third digit of the hind footand is taken at right angles to the line of the papillary ridges,an arrangement which has in almost all other cases beenobserved. Lemur catta (Fig. 126).—A transverse section from the terminalphalanx of the first digit of the hind foot, and it shows well the lU THE SENSE OF TOUCH IN ANIMALS. I Fig. 127.—Great Galago. Galago crassicaudaa. x 30. Manus, D. phalanx, transverse section. Fig. 128.—Slow Loeis. Nyciicebus tardigradus. x 30. Pes, D. 2. Trans-verse section. marked papillary ridges, close-pointed Driisenleisten and smallfolds of epidermis between these, and pointed papillae of the Galago crassicaudata (Fig, 127).—Transverse section throughthe terminal phalanx of a digit of the forefoot. Papillaryridges not well developed, but papillae of the corium very DESCRIPTION OF 8PECIES EXAMINED 115
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