Lign. 252. Bones of the Feet of Horse, Deer, and Anoplotherium.
| Fig. | 1.— | Fore-foot of the | Horse. |
| 2. | — | Deer. | |
| 3. | — | Anoplotherium gracile. | |
| m, m. | Metacarpal bones ("canon-bone" in the Horse.) | ||
| s, | in fig. 1, the "splint-bone," or rudimentary metacarpal. | ||
| p, p. | First or proximal phalangeal-bones ("pastern" in the Horse). | ||
| p2, p2. | Second phalangeals ("coronet" or "crown-bone" in the Horse). | ||
| u, u. | Unguals, or bones of the hoof ("coffin-bone" in the Horse). | ||
In this category we must notice another most interesting discovery of the indefatigable and eminent naturalists above mentioned, namely, the Sivatherium (see Wond. p. 163), an extinct animal, which forms, as it were, a link between the ruminants and the large pachydermata. The skull has four persistent horns, and was furnished with a nasal proboscis. The living creature must have resembled an immense Antelope or Gnu, with a short thick head and an elevated cranium, crested with two pairs of horns. A splendid specimen of the skull of the Sivatherium has been placed in the palæontological collection of the British Museum by Dr. Falconer (Petrif. p. 456, Lign. 98).
ELEPHANT. MASTODON.
III. Pachydermata.[740]—The fossil remains of this order of mammalia are most abundant, and belong to numerous species, comprising many extinct genera of a highly interesting character. See Pictet’s Paléontologie, new edit. 1853, vol. i. p. 127, et seq.
[740] See Owen on the Classification of the Pachydermata, Quart. Geol. Journ. vol. iv. p. 127, &c.
Lign. 253. Elephas Ganesa.
Front view of the Cranium and Tusks.
(The original is 14 feet long.)