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THE HORSE 



Germany. Another form associated by Cuvier with 

 Palgeotherium, the first known remains of which were 

 found in the neighbourhood of Orleans and hence called 



Fig. 4. — Side and front view of the bones of the left fore- 

 foot of AncJiitherium (without the upper row of carpal 

 bones), t, trapezium ; tr, trapezoid ; go, magnum ; one, 

 unciform ; 2m t second metacarpal ; 3?w, third metacarpal ; 

 4m, fourth metacarpal ; 5 m, rudiment of the fifth meta- 

 carpal ; p\ p", and p"\ the first, second, and third pha- 

 langes of the middle (third) digit. The upper surface of 

 third metacarpal is represented for comparison with figs. 5 

 and 6, showing gradual change of form. (From Gaudry.) 



P. aurelianense, was by H. von Meyer separated generi- 

 cally under the name of Anchitherium. It flourished in 

 the Miocene age, both in Europe and America, under 

 many minor modifications, and is generally looked upon 



