12 THE OX AND ITS KINDRED 
two of the toes in each limb, corresponding in the 
fore-limb to the third and fourth fingers of the human 
hand, and in the hind-limb to the third and fourth 
toes of the human foot, form a symmetrical pair on 
A B 
Bones of the Left Fore-Foot of a Horse (A) and a 
Rhinoceros (B) 
«, ulna ; r, radius ; wrist or carpus ; mc, metacarpals, or, in the 
horse, cannon-bone ; ///, toe-bones ; the numerals II, III, IV 
refer to the numbers of tlie toes as compared with those of the 
primitive five-toed foot ; in the horse the lateral toes are repre- 
sented only by the upper ends of metacarpals II and IV. (From 
" British Museum Guide to Great Game Animals.") 
either side of a vertical line drawn between them. In 
most cases these two toes or hoofs are flanked, as in 
the ox, by a smaller pair representing the human 
second and fourth fingers and toes ; but in some rare 
instances, as in the giraffe and certain antelopes, they 
