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Show 1876.] FEET OF CERTAIN MAMMALS. 529 which is armed with a small blunt hoof-like claw placed on the upper and outer side of the toe, next the middle toe, its projecting outer margin being received into a deep groove in the side of the middle toe when the toes are approximated (Plate L V . fig. 9, and Fig. A ) . Fig, A. Sole of foot of Hyrax dorsalis. The transverse clefts in the sole of the foot, described by Bruce and Schweinfurth (and shown in fig. A ) , correspond simply to Fig. B. PA Rod Flexor muscles and tendons of the fore foot. P.l, palmaris longus ; F.c.u, flexor carpi ulnaris; F.s.d, flexor sublimis digitorum; F.p.d, flexor profundus digitorum; F.l.p, flexor longus poliicis; P.f palmar fascia; F.h.m, flexor brevis manus; L, lumbricales. |