M.
Transverse diameter of pelvis, including sacrum 1·171
Long diameter of ilium (from lower margin of the
crest to sacral surface) ·440
Short diameter of ilium (from acetabulum to upper
margin of crest) ·393
Length of acetabular border ·125
Length of ischium ·220
Width of ischium at tuberosity ·124
Length of pubis ·196
Greatest width of pubis ·061
Smallest width of pubis ·027
Long diameter of acetabulum ·139
Short diameter of acetabulum ·118
Long diameter of thyroid foramen ·094
_The Femur_ (Plate VIII., Fig. 4).---The femur is short, with a
small oval head, strongly compressed fore-and-aft. It is less out
of the axis of shaft than in _Proboscidea_, and has no pit for the
ligamentum teres. The shaft is straight and simple, much compressed
transversely at the proximal extremity, becoming sub-cylindrical
below.
The great trochanter is heavy, rugose, and strongly recurved; it is
separated from the shaft by a wide and deep digital fossa. The second
trochanter is a mere rudimental tuberosity. The condyles are nearly
of an equal size, very convex, and are divided by a deep popliteal
groove.
The condylar tuberosities are low, the internal sends obliquely a
ridge three inches long, up and across the axis of the shaft at an
angle of 45°, that forms the upper boundary of the popliteal space.
The front part of the trochlear faces for the patella are gone in our
specimen.
_Measurements of Femur._
M.
Greatest distal diameter across condyles ·178
Length of condyles ·079
Transverse diameter of shaft six inches above
distal end ·121
_The Tibia_ (Plate VIII., Fig. 2).--The tibia is short, straight, and
simple, slender in the middle, but much expanded at the extremities.
The proximal end is especially massive, with deeply concave articular
faces; the internal cotylus is the larger, and has its greatest
diameter fore-and-aft, directly at right angles to the greatest
diameter of the external.
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