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os magnum of the second row articulates mainly with the 

 lunar of the first, or with the cuneiform, but not with the 

 scaphoid. The axis of the third toe passes therefore through 

 the os magnum and through the os lunare. 



In the Cape Hyrax (Fig. 97) there is an additional carpal 

 bone (ce), which is probably the os centrale, though in 



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FIG 08. Bones of the manus of Indian Elephant (Elephas iudicus), . 



form and situation it looks as if it were a dismemberment 

 of the proximal part of the trapezoid. The scaphoid and 

 lunar are not united, and there are five digits, of which 

 the first is extremely small, and has only one minute 

 nodular phalanx. In another species, If. dorsalis, the pollex 



