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English: The hindlegs of a humpback whale caught in July 1919 by a whaler operating from Kyuquot, Vancouver island. The remains presented to the Provincial Museum, Victoria. Picture published in the American Museum Novitates. From left to right, the bones are: Skeleton of the hind limb, Cartilaginous femur and osseous tibia, Cartilaginous tarsus and osseous metatarsal.
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Source A remarkable case of External hind limbs on a humpback whale
Author Roy Chapman Andrews

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