ON THE BONES OP THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 389 



Small diameter of the humeral facette 0,054 



Great diameter of the carpal surface 0,078 



Small ditto 0,052 



Diameter of the middle of the bone 0,050 



Antero -posterior diameter of the scaphoid of the carpus .... 0,070 



Breadth 0,028 



Height 0,036 



Antero-posterior length of the semi-lunar bone . . .- 0,067 



Height in front 0,059 



Breadth in front and below 0,037 



Antero-posterior length of the os cuneiforme 0,045 



Height in front . .' 0,044 



Length of the os pisiforme 0,067 



Thickness in the centre 0,028 



Antero-posterior length of the trapezoid 0,040 



Breadth 0,029 



Height 0,021 



Antero-posterior length of the os magnum 0,080 



Breadth in front 0,044 



Greatest height 0,033 



Antero-posterior length of the os cuneiforme 0,082 



Breadth in front 0,068 



Greatest height 0,040 



Length of the bone of the great toe 0,051 



Thickness 0,028 



Length of the middle bones of the metacarpus 0,147 



Breadth in the centre 0,040 



Length of the metacarpal bone of the index 0,118 



Length of the metacarpal bone of the little toe 0,104 



Length of the first phalanges 0,055 



Length of the second 0,034 



Length of the third 0,024 



POSTERIOR EXTREMITY. 



Breadth from the anterior crest of one of the ossa ilium, 



between the two spines 0,397 



Distance between the exterior spine and the anterior edge of 



the cotyloid cavity 0,370 



Breadth of the narrowest part of the neck 0,087 



Diameter of the cotyloid cavity 0,079 



Distance between the posterior edge of the cotyloid cavity 



and the upper extremity of the tuberosity of the ischium . . 0,253 

 Distance between the inferior edge of the cotyloid cavity 



and the anterior extremity of the symphysis 0,142 



Length of the symphysis 0,250 



Length of the ovalar hole 0,154 



Breadth 0,086 



Distance between the posterior extremity of the symphysis 



and the inferior extremity of the tuberosity of the ischium . 0,190 



Distance between the external spines of the ossa ilium 0,770 



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