﻿20 PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



(3) Table of Comparative Measurements op Bones of Anterior Limb — continued. 



Radius. 



C. lupus (left). 



Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 

 (Corner Coll.) 



C. vulpes 

 (right). 

 Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 

 Maidstone. 

 No. M.7232 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



C. lagopus 



(left). 

 Pleistocene. 1 

 Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 

 (Corner Coll.) 





1815 

 1-4 

 2-4 

 1-6 



3-05 



11-05* 

 0-75 

 1-15 

 0-75 

 1-45 



8-7* 



0-6 



0-95 



0-6 



1-2 



2. Shorter, i. e. right to left, diameter at humeral articu- 



lation 



3. Longer, i. e. antero-posterior, diameter at humeral 



articulation 



4. Shorter, i. e. right to left, diameter at carpal articu- 



lation 



5. Longer, i. e. antero-posterior, diameter at carpal 



articulation 



Ulna. 



C. lupus (left). 



Pleistocene. 



Kent's Cavern, 



Torquay. 



No. M.830 



(Brit. Mus.). 



C. vulpes 

 (right). 

 Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 

 Maidstone. 

 No. M.7232 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



C. lagopus 



(right). 



Pleistocene. 



Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 



(Lewis Abbott 



Coll.) 





1-9* 

 155 



12-9* 10-05* 



2. Antero-posterior or vertical measurement at sigmoid 



notch 



3. Maximum transverse measurement of olecranon 



10 



07 



0-7 

 0-5 



(2) The Posterior Limb. — The tibia (Text-fig. 7) has the crest somewhat 

 sharply truncated. The second to fifth digits are well developed, but the hallux 

 is absent, or vestigial and suspended in the skin without bony connection with 

 the rest of the pes. 



(4) Table of Comparative Measurements 



of Bones of 



Posterior Limb. 



Femur. 



C. lupus (right) 



Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 

 (Corner Coll.) 





C. vulpes (left). 



Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 

 (Corner Coll.) 



O. lagopus (left ) 



Pleistocene. 

 Ightham, near 



Maidstone. 

 (Corner Coll.) 



1. Maximum length 



2. Transverse or right to left diameter at 



condyles 



3. Antero-posterior diameter of head 



4. Vertical or antero-posterior diameter of 



21-4 



4-0 

 2-4 



1-75 

 5-0 





139* 



215 

 1-3 



0-85 

 2-8 



9-9* 



1-75 

 10 



0-7 

 2-25 



5. Transverse diameter at proximal end 

 measured across head and great tro- 

 chanter 



Figured. 



