. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. THYLACOLEO 147 been syndactylous, and the authors of the account' of these bones think that the fourth toe may have shared in this syndactyly. The metatarsal of the fifth digit is enormously expanded at its. 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 Cambridge natural history. Zoology. THYLACOLEO 147 been syndactylous, and the authors of the account' of these bones think that the fourth toe may have shared in this syndactyly. The metatarsal of the fifth digit is enormously expanded at its. 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, 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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