266 The Creodonta. [ March, 
that the animal customarily sat on its haunches when on land, la 
walking, its high rump and low withers would give it somewh# 
the figure of a huge rabbit. Its neck was about as long as tha 
of an average dog. Its tread was plantigrade, and its claws like 
those of various rodents, intermediate between hoofs and claws 
The animal, to judge from its otter-like humerus, was a goo 
swimmer, although there is nothing specially adapted for aquatic 
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8.—Anterior limb bones of the specimen of ane 
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6 and 8, one-third nat, size. Fig. a, femur from front; 4, 5 
tragalus and calcaneum from above; g, the same, distal view. 
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life in the other bones of its limbs. Its teeth, o the A ai 
are of the simple construction of the mammals which ; ait 
largely composed of fishes. We cannot but consider 
