36 THE ARTISTIC ANATOMY OF ANIMALS 



the support of the hmb is on that nail, the name of unguH- 

 grades lias been given them. Nevertheless, as the point 

 of support is on the third phalanx, which is also known by 

 the name of phalangette, we are of opinion that, in order to 

 specify definitely, although they walk on their fingers, as 

 do the digitigrades, the support is provided not by the 



Fig. 23. — The Human Hand rest- 

 ing ON ITS Phalanges : Left 

 Side, External Surface. 



Fig. 24. — The Human Hand rest 

 ing on the Tips of some of its 

 Third Phalanges : Left Side, 

 External View. 



whole extent of those appendages, they might receive 

 the name of phalangettigrades. 



It is necessary among the ruminants to make an exception 

 of the camel and the llama, which are digitigrades. 



Just in proportion as the hand is raised from the ground, as 

 we have just seen in passing from the plantigrades to the 

 digitigrades and unguligrades, the number of bones of that 

 region diminishes, the bones of the forearm coalesce, and 



