﻿20 PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIA. 



Endocimeiform, fig. 7. 



It is with considerable hesitation that we give a figure of this bone. The general form 

 and surface resemble the same bone in the lion and tiger, but there are differences which 

 make us doubtful whether we have assigned the bone its right place. It has lost the 

 proximal epiphysis. If this is restored as a feline endocuneiform (fig. 7, a), it would then 

 be very similar to the same bone in lion and tiger ; but the anterior portion of the distal 

 articulation points downwards in an acute angle, whereas in lion it points nearly directly 

 forwards in a right angle. 



The articulation also is slightly convex in our bone, whereas it is slightly concave in 

 that of the lion. Unfortunately, the corresponding articulation of metatarsal 1 is broken 

 in the only specimen we know of, so that we cannot say whether this bone showed a 

 corresponding variation in form. We think, however, that attention should be drawn to 

 the bone, in the hope that some one, more fortunate than ourselves, may discover a perfect 

 specimen, and decide whether we are right or wrong in our determination. 



The only specimen we have being imperfect, we give no measurements. It is from 

 Bleadon, and is in the Taunton Museum. 



We know of no other figure of this bone. 



