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to decide whether the peculiarity of the feet in the matter of the 
low position of the first digit and carpal pad is a secondarily 
acquired adaptation to conditions or whether it is a retained 
primitive character. I incline to the latter opinion, because these 
peculiarities are present in the newly born pups of species of 
dogs with normal feet when adult (text-fig. 1, C)*. 
* In Lund’s original figure of Sp. venaticus (Kongl. Danske Vid. Selsk. xi. 
pl. 61, 1845) the first digit is shown in its correct position, but there is a broad web 
between the remaining four, giving a palmate appearance to the spread paw, which 
is certainly inaccurate so far as the third and fourth digits are concerned. 
B. Right hind foot of same. 
C. Right fore foot of newly-born cub of Canis pallipes, showing the low position of the pollex. 
A. Right fore foot of Speothos venaticus, from dried skin. 
