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MR. 1!. 1. POCOCK ON 'i'HE 



found in Mydcms. The pads of the second, third, fourth, and 

 fifth digits are fused together, except quite at their distal ends, 

 as completely as the pads of the third and fourth digits of the 

 hind foot are sometimes fused in Meles. The pads of the pollex 

 and hallux, however, are independently movable, although 

 attached by shallow webbing to the pad of the second digit. 

 The soles are quite naked. The plantar pads are as wide as the 



Text-figure 37. 



A. Riglit liiiul foot of Conepatns proteus. 



B. Right fore foot of tlie same. 



C. Riglit hind foot of Mi/daus meliceps. 



D. Riglit fore foot of the same. 



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feet, much wider than long, lightly arcuate, and four-lobect, the 

 pollical and hallucal elements being large. Thei'e are two well- 

 developed, slightly separated carpal pads, the inner being much 

 the smaller of the two. Conjointly they are almost as wide as 



