CHAPTER X 



UNGULATA (continued} PERISSODACTYLA (ODD-TOED 



UNGULATES) L1TOPTERNA 



SUB-ORDER 8. PEEISSODACTYLA 

 THESE Ungulates derive their name, which is that given by the late 



FIG. 121. Bones of the maims A, of Tapir (Tapirus indicus). x i. B, of Rhinoceros 

 (Rhinoceros sumatrensis). x . C, of Horse (Equus caballus}. x J. c, Cunei- 

 form ; I, lunar ; m, magnum ; p, pisiform ; JR, radius ; s, scaphoid ; id, trapezoid : 

 tm, trapezium ; u, unciform ; U, ulna ; //- V, second to fifth digits ; V in B, and // 

 and /Fin C, represented by rudimentary 'metacarpals. (From Flower's Osteology.) 



Sir Richard Owen, from the fact that the middle digit of the hand 

 and foot is pre-eminent. As will be seen from Fig. 121, the axis of 



