CHAPTER X 



UNGULATA {continued) — pekissodactyla (odd-toed 



UNGULATES) LITOPTEKNA 



Sub-Order 8. PEEISSODACTYLA 

 These Uno-ulates derive their uame, which is that ^iven liy the late 



Fig. 121.— Bones of the niaiius A, of Tapir (Tapirus indicus). x i. B. of Rliinoceros 

 {Rhinoceros sumatrensis). x i. C, of Horse {Egi/us caballus). X ^. c, Cunei- 

 form ; I, lunar ; m, magnum ; p, pisiform ; li, radius ; s, scaphoid ; td, trapezoid ; 

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

 and IV in C, represented by rudimentary metacarpals. (From Flower's Osteology.) 



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

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



