The skeleton of the horse consists of 205 bones, as shown in the
following table.
Vertebral column 54
Ribs 36
Sternum 1
Skull (including auditory ossicles) 34
Thoracic limbs 40
Pelvic limbs 40
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205
In this enumeration the average number of coccygeal vertebræ is taken
to be 18, the temporal and os coxæ are not divided into parts, the
usual number of carpal and tarsal elements is taken, and the sesamoids
are included.