THE HIND FOOT OR PES. 



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astragalus. The distal articular surface of the astragalus is 

 divided into two nearly equal facets, one for the navicular 

 and one for the cuboid. The calcaneum has an articular 

 facet for the lower end of the fibula. 



In the Suina (Fig. 128) all the tarsal bones are distinct. 

 The four toes are well developed, and the metatarsals are 



771 nc 



FIG. 128.' Dorsal surface of right tarsus 

 of Pig (Stes scrofa), -J. 



FIG. 129. Dorsal surface of right tarsus 

 of Red Deer (Cervus elaphns), J. 



usually distinct. The foot is relatively shortest and broadest 

 in the Hippopotamus, the outer toes being nearly as long as 

 the others, and the ungual phalanges very short, broad, 

 and rounded in front. The Peccaries show a transition 

 towards the ruminating sections of the order in the reduc- 

 tion of the size of the outer toes and the confluence of the 



