CUTANEOUS SCENT-GLANDS OF RUMINANTS. 



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the hoofs of this species, nor does it suggest the difference between 

 the distensibility of the hoofs in the Reindeer and those of the 

 Red Deer for example. 



Text-fig. 138. 



Rangifer tarandus. 



A. Median vertical section of front foot (dried). 



B. The same of hind foot (dried). 



The peculiarity of the foot of the Reindeer consists in this : — 

 The integumental web joining the two hoofs together passes 

 straight forwards some distance above the heels and terminates 

 behind and nearly on a level with the upper posterior margin of 

 the nail. From this arrangement it results that whereas the 

 superior and proximal portions of the hoof are capable of com- 

 paratively little distension, the heels can be widely separated, 

 giving to the hoof a wide plantar area which is increased by the 

 long false hoofs. It is only when the hoofs are thus distended 



