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PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



Comparative Measurements of Pelvis. 



Male musk 

 sheep, Sir J. 



Female musk 

 sheep, Sir J. 



Musk sheep, 

 Coll. Surg. 



Alderney cow. 





Richardson. 



Richardson. 





Distance of the sternal angle of the crest of one 











ilium to that of the other 



130 



13-5 



13-0 



18-3 



Transverse distance from the same point to the 











dorsal angle of the same ilium or length of the 











sterno-dorsal chord of the crest 



7-4 



7-7 



7-3 



91 



Sterno-dorsal diameter of the iliac shaft at its 











narrowest place 



1-5 



1-9 



16 

 1-9 



1-6 

 1-9 



20 

 21 



Sterno-dorsal diameter of the acetabulum 



Atlanto-sacral ditto 



2-0 



2-0 



2-0 



20 



Transverse distance from the apex of one lateral 



conical process near the dorsal angle of the 











ischium to the apex of the other (maximum) ... 



81 



7-8 



8-0 



11-0 



Transverse distance between the dorsal or spinous 











angles of the ischium, being the width of the 











pelvis there 



47 



50 



4-8 



8-2 



Transverse diameter of the pelvis at the stem or 











ramus of the ilium 



5-4 



5-6 



5 3 



71 





36 



33 



30 



36 





2-6 



21 



2-2 



23 



Length of pelvis from the most proximal angle of 



the crest of the ilium to the tuberosity of the 













18-2 



172 



130 



19-2 



Distance from the pubal brim of pelvis to tuberosity 













77 



7-0 



7-2 



90 



Distance from the dorsal angle of the ischium to 



the sternal svmphysis of that bone 



44 



5 5 



60 



61 



Distance from the dorsal angle of the ischium to 











the summit of its lateral conical process 



2-0 



17 



15 



32 



Sterno-dorsal diameter of the dorsal ramus of the 













1-4 



17 



47 



26 



Distance from the tuberosity of the ischium to the 



brim of the acetabulum nearest to it 



7-4 



6-8 





8-5 



Distance from the atlantal brim of the acetabulum 





8-0 



80 



8'0 



8-8 



Length of the proximal ramus of the pubal from 











the edge of the acetabulum to the symphysis ... 



2-8 



3'1 





3-5 



