FEET OF CERTAIN MAMMALS. 



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which is armed with a small blunt hoof-like claw placed on the upper 

 and outer side of the toe, next the middle toe, its projecting outer 

 margin being received into a deep groove in the side of the middle 

 toe when the toes are approximated (Plate LV. fig. 9, and Fig. A). 



Fig. A. 



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Sole of foot of Hi/ro.r dorsalis. 



The transverse clefts in the sole of the foot, described by Bruce 

 and Schweinfurth (and shown in fig. A), correspond simply to 



Flexor muscles and tendons of the fore foot. 

 P.l, palmaris longus ; F.c.n, flexor carpi ulnaris; F.s.r/, flexor sublimis digi to- 

 rum; F.p.d, flexor profundus digitorum ; FJ.p, flexor longus polliris; 

 P.f, palmar fascia; F.h.m. flexor brevis maims; L, lumbricales. 



