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2361. The right patella of the same. 



2362. The right tarsus, metatarsus, and phalanges. 



Genus Mania. 



2363. The disarticulated skeleton of the Short-tailed Manis (Manis pentadactyla, 

 Linn.). 



The cranium is chiefly remarkable for the inclination of the occipital surface from below 

 upwards and forwards, the plane of the foramen magnum being slightly inclined in the same 

 direction. The mastoids form two hemispheric protuberances at the sides of the occipital 

 region, and the tympanics two smaller protuberances at the sides of the base of the skull : 

 the pterygoids extend backwards beyond them, and form the sides of a deep and wide 

 postnasal groove. The zygomatic process of the squamosal extends but little beyond the 

 joint for the lower jaw, and, as there are no malar bones, the arches are incomplete. There 

 are no lacrymals. There are no teeth ; but two tooth-like processes project from the fore- 

 part of the alveolar border of the slender under-jaw. The premaxillaries join the nasals. 

 The transverse process of the seventh cervical is perforated : its spine is longer than that of 

 the others. There are 13 dorsal vertebrae. The nine anterior pairs of ribs directly articulate 

 with the sternum, which consists of ten bones. The tenth is of unusual length, and supports 

 a still longer and much-expanded xiphoid cartilage. The metapophyses commence as tubercles 

 on the first dorsal vertebra, and rapidly increase in size in the succeeding vertebrae. The 

 anapophyses are not developed in this Edentate. There are 4 lumbar, 4 sacral, and 26 caudal 

 vertebrae. The metapophyses continue to be developed from the sacral series. The trans- 

 verse processes of the last sacral suddenly expand both in length and breadth, and articulate 

 with the tuberosities of the ischium. Well-developed haemal arches are articulated to the 

 inferior interspaces of the caudal vertebrae as far as the penultimate one. The anterior zyg- 

 apophyses cease upon the fourteenth vertebra, but the metapophyses are continued as far as 

 the penultimate caudal. The neural arch gradually subsides and disappears upon the 

 twentieth caudal vertebra, which consists of centrum, diapophyses, metapophyses, and the 

 haemal arch. The spine of the scapula is not prolonged into an acromion, and there are no 

 clavicles : the coracoid is represented by a small distinct tubercle, forming the anterior ex- 

 tremity of the elliptical glenoid cavity for the humerus. The humerus is perforated at the 

 internal condyle. There is an articular sesamoid developed on the outer side of the capsule 

 uniting the radius with the humerus. The femur has no third trochanter. There is a sesa- 

 moid or fabella developed from the capsule of the knee-joint behind the outer condyle of the 

 femur. The extremity of the fibula beyond the outer malleolus bends inwards, and terminates 

 in a tuberosity playing in a cavity upon the outer side of the astragalus. There is an acces- 

 sory tarsal ossicle on the inner side of the entocuneiform and scaphoid. The ungual phalanx 

 of the hallux is simple ; those of the three middle toes are cleft at the apex. 



Mus. Howship. 



