most of which were nearly complete. Other skeletons have recently 

 been found as a remnant of the same herd. No other such complete 

 single find has ever been made in all the exploration, covering fifty 

 years, of our Western States and Territories. 



SIDE VIEW OF HOCK JOINT 



Showing conversion of Lateral Toes into Splints 



The animal known as Scott's horse or Equus scotti, represents the 

 last stage in the evolution of the horse of North America just before 

 it became extinct in this country. It is in every respect a horse, 

 although a badly proportioned one, the head being large and the hip 

 girdle short and clumsy. It differs from the domestic horse in the 

 heavy, deep, zebra-like skull, compact body and smaller legs and feet. 

 Like the modern horse it has only a single hoof on the fore and hind 

 feet, while the side toes are represented by the "splints." 



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