...scratching up the soil, they are better adapted for grasping ; and the whole structure of the fore-foot militates against the hypothesis of Pander and D'...size of that weapon of the middle digit, that the fore-foot of the Megatherium was occasionally applied by the short and strong fore-limb in the act...

...scratching up the soil, they are better adapted for grasping ; and the whole structure of the fore-foot militates against the hypothesis of Pander and D'...size of that weapon of the middle digit, that the fore-foot of the Megatherium was occasionally applied by the short and strong fore-limb in the act...

...scratching up the soil, they are better adapted for grasping ; and the whole structure of the fore-foot militates against the hypothesis of Pander and D'...size of that weapon of the middle digit, that the fore-foot of the Megatherium was occasionally applied by the short and strong fore-limb in the act...

...animal. The same structure ( qunlly shows that it was not, as Dr. Lund supposes, a scansorial quadruped l for, in the degree in which the foot departs from...the claws, especially the disproportionately large sue of that weapon of the middle digit, that the fore-foot of the Megatherium was occasionally applied...

...the Megatherium was a burrowing animal. The same structure equally shows that it was not, as Dr. Luud supposes, a scansorial quadruped ; for, in the degree...may be inferred from the diminished curvature and length,and from the increased strength and the inequalityoftbe claws, especially the disproportionately...

...exceeds its breadth, especially in the large one of the middle finger ; and they cannot be extended in a line with the metacarpus, but are more or less bent....curvature and length, and from the increased strength and from the inequality of the claws, especially the disproportionately large size of that weapon of the...