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Phalanx I. | Length. | Median width. | Index.

mm. | mm.
Anau.................................................. | 72-87 | 20-28 | 2.8-3.2
La Tène, after Marek .................................. | 71-77 | 27-20 | 3.8-3.7
Gross Czernosek, La Tène time ......................... | 72-73 | 30-31 | 4.1-4.2
Lignitz, neolithic...................................... | 71 | 31 | 4.3
Spandau, bronze age................................... | 68 | 29 | 4.2
Kesslerloch, paleolithic, Hescheler...................... | 70-80 | . . . | . . .
Solutré................................................ | 77-84 | 34-37 | 4.4
Vindonissa............................................. | 76-78 | 31-36 | 4.0-4.5
Briesen, Marcomanninan time .......................... | 80 | 33 | 4.1
Westeregeln, after Nehring ............................ | 86-91 | 39-42 | 4.5-4.6
Przewalski horse....................................... | 75 | 28 | 3.7
Turkestan horse, after Nehring......................... | 81 | 32 | 3.9

The variations in phalanx II can not be called particularly great. For the
La Tène horse of Bohemia I find a length of 41 to 44 mm., with a width of 39 to 41
mm.; in the Anau horse the corresponding dimensions were 37 to 42 and 31 to 40
mm.; in the horses of Vindonissa, on the other hand, I find 42 to 45 mm. for length
and 46 to 52 mm. for width; likewise for the Solutré horses 42 to 46 mm. for length,
and 45 to 50 mm. for width. In the horses of Westeregeln these measurements
may have been about 50 to 55 mm. Thus here we see again how narrow is the
phalanx II of the Anau horse and how wide those of the horses of Vindonissa,
Westeregeln and Solutré.
Concerning phalanx III it is to be remarked that the conditions are similar.

CALCULATED SIZES OF THE HORSES.

As final characteristic we may here once more tabulate the calculated abso-
lute height of the horses (withers-height).

cm.
Diluvial horse, Westeregeln, after Nehring..................155
Equus przewalskii, 10 years old, stallion, after Grum-Grshimailo...153
Diluvial horse, Remagen .................................153
Siberian horse, Yana River, after Tscherski.................146
Schlossberg (large breed).................................146
Vindonissa...............................................145
La Tène, after Marek ....................................141
Auvernier, after Marek...................................138
Anau, Equus caballus pumpelii...........................137
Ziel Canal (bronze time).................................136
Equus przewalskii, adult stallion, after Salenski ............128
Solutré, after Gaillard...................................125
Equus przewalskii, young mare of Tsarski-selo, after Salenski.....120
Schlossberg, small breed .................................118

No direct measurements have been made of the withers-height of Equus
przewalskii, except on the young mare; in the other instances only the height of
the croup has been measured. But Salenski gives for the same mare the croup-
height of 116 cm., that is, 4 cm. less than the measured withers-height; I have,
therefore, calculated on this basis an approximative withers-height for the two
stallions, for which we had already the croup-heights of 147 and 124 cm. respec-
tively. In doing this I consider that a centimeter can make little difference if
we wish only to learn the approximate ranking of the horses among themselves,