Recent polydactyle horses

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Abstract
IN this Journal for June, 1879, the writer made a brief summary of the facts then known to him in regard to existing horses with extra digits, especially in relation to the extinct species he had discovered in the Rocky Monntains, and also gave figures of typical examples of existing and fossil forms.*Since then, he has collected much material bearing on the question, particularly of extinct horses, and an illustrated memoir on this subject has long been in preparation.Of recent forms, a number of polydactyle specimens have likewise been secured, some of which show new anatomical points of interest, and are discussed iu the pl'esent communication.In the article above cited, varions recorded instances of extra digits in the horse are mentioned, some dating back to the beginning of the last century.A much earlier notice is the account of the famous steed of Julius Oresar, given by Suetoniu8 (de vita (/msaris, LXVI), to which a classical friend has recently called the attention of the writer.According to the historian, Oresar "used to ride a remarkable horse, which had feet that we I'e almost human, the hoofs being cleft like toes.It was born in his own stables, and as the soothsayers declared that it showed its owner would be lord of the world, he reared it with great care, and was the first to mount it; it would allow no other rider."It is now known to everyone familiar with the modern horse, that the main, functional toe of each foot is the third digit, corresponding to the middle finger of the human hand and foot.In addition to these, two "splint bones," one on each side of the main canTlon bone, are present beneath the skin.It is not so well known, however, that the latter are the remnants of two other toes possessed by ancestors of the horse.
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Authors O. C. Marsh
Journal american journal of science
Year 1892
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10.2475/ajs.s3-43.256.339
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-43.256.339
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