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Show 24 ON THE ANATOMY OF RHINOCEROS SUMATRENSIS. [Jan. 15, The following is a tabular statement of the condition of certain 'muscles in the Rhinoceros and Horse- Rhinoceros. Ext. eomm. dig.... Arises from tibia. Horse. Arises from between external condyle and trochea of femur. Peronei Four separate muscles. Only one muscle. Anterior tibial ... Origin by two heads from Forms two separate muscles, tibia. Ins. radial meta- one tendinous arising from tarsal and tarsal. femur, the other fleshy from tibia. Muscles of the Head and Neck (fig. 10). Fig. 10 illustrates the principal muscles of the head as seen from the side. Fig. 10 may be compared with the woodcut (fig. 97) illustrating Fig. 10. Lev. lab. s Dissection of side of face of Rhinoceros sumatrensis. Par., parotid gland ; Lev.lab.s., levator labii superioris alseque nasi; M., masseter; Orb., orbicularis ; Plat., platysma ; Zyg., zygomaticus. the corresponding muscles in the Horse in Chauveau's book, and with plate viii. of Murie's memoir upon the Sumatran Tapir. The Zygomatic arises from the zygoma just in front of the anterior edge of the parotid gland; it is inserted near to the margin of the lower lip at its hinder part close to the angle of the mouth. This muscle is much more important than in the Horse, where it is a small superficial slip arising from the surface of the masseter and inserted at a considerable distance away from the corner of the |