VI.] 



CAUDAL VERTEBRAE. 



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the SIRENIA, the rudimentary ilia are attached by ligament 

 to the end of the transverse processes of one vertebra, which 

 may hence be regarded as sacral. 



Fie. 35. Anterior surface of third caudal vertebra of Leopard (Felit tfofiantia), |. 

 <u anterior zygapophysis ; /i posterior zygapophysis ; m metapophysis ; / trans- 

 verse process 



Caudal Vertebra. The vertebrae of the tail vary greatly 

 in number and in characters in different animals. When it 

 is well developed, as, for example, in the long-tailed 

 Carnivora, from one of which the accompanying figures are 



FIG. a6 Upper surface of the third caudal vertebra of I/eopard, |. a* anterior 

 zygapophysis ; /* posterior zygapophysis ; m metapophysis ; / transverse process. 



taken, the anterior vertebrae (Figs. 25 and 26) are com- 

 paratively short and broad, with complete neural arches, 

 though without distinct spines, prominent metapophyses, 

 and anterior and posterior zygapophyses (the latter especially 



