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Vestigial metapodials in the Okapi and Giraffe.
Author(s) -
FRASER F. C.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1951.tb00799.x
Subject(s) - first metatarsal , anatomy , metatarsal bones , biology , medicine , orthodontics , osteotomy
SUMMARY. In the Okapi vestiges of the second and fifth metapodials may be present but they are variable in occurrence and in extent. Metatarsal II is most often evident. This links up with the more specialized Giraffa in which the second metatarsal vestige is the only one which persists.