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MR. ST. GEORGE MIYART ON THE SKELETON OE THE PRIMATES, 
The tarsus is longer, in proportion to the spine, than in any other Primates except Cheir- 
omys, Galago, and Tarsius, that of each of the two last exceeding Man’s in relative length 
far more than his exceeds that of Arctocebus, which is the relatively shortest of the Order. 
The length of the tarsus, compared with that of the whole pes, is greater in Man than 
in any other Primate except Galago, though it is very nearly equalled by that of 
Tarsius. 
The os calcis appears to be longer, in proportion to the spine, than in any other Pri- 
mate except the Gorilla and Ateles, Cheiromys, Galago, and Tarsius. That of Man is 
twice the relative length of that of the relatively shortest ; but that of Tarsius is three 
times the relative length of that of Man. 
The tuberosity of the ps calcis is at its maximum breadth inferiorly, where it has 
two tubercles, and is thus peculiar. 
The cuboides is absolutely longer than in any other Primate ; and the distal articular 
surface of the entocuneiforme is strikingly and characteristically flatter than in any other 
species of the Order. 
The absolute length of the hallux, both with and without its metatarsal, is greater 
than in any other Primate. It also differs from that of all other Primates in not being 
directed outwards at an angle to the other metatarsals. 
The superior surface of the astragalus is almost perfectly horizontal. 
The first phalanx of the hallux is slightly, and the second one considerably longer, ab- 
solutely, than in any other Primate. 
The proportion borne by the hallux, with its metatarsal, to the pollex and also to the 
spine, as also that of its metatarsal to the latter, are all intermediate in the order ; but 
the proportion of the hallux, with its metatarsal, to the longest digit of the foot, is 
greater in Man than in any other Primate. 
The proportion of the hallux, with its metatarsal, to the whole pes is greater than in 
any other of the Primates except Indris, the Nycticebinse, and sometimes Hylobates.. 
Without its metatarsal, its length, when compared with that of the -pes, is decidedly 
exceeded by that in Arctocebus and perhaps Perodicticus, and slightly by that in the 
Chimpanzee, but by no other, though it is very nearly equalled by that in Loris and 
Indris. 
The length of the third digit, without its metatarsal, compared with that of the pes, is 
far less in Man than in any other Primate ; and the proportion of the longest digit, with 
its metatarsal, to the spine is less than in any other Primate except Arctocebus. 
The first or the second digit is the longest of the pes, a condition existing in no other 
Primate. 
The phalanges are shorter, as compared with the metatarsals, than in any other Pri- 
mate, and are narrow and rounded inferiorly in a way found in no other. 
The index is sometimes shorter than the hallux (compared without their metatarsals), 
a condition existing only in Man in the whole Order, though nearly approached in Arc- 
tocebus and Perodicticus. 
