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Show 1873.] ANATOMY OF THE UINTURONG. 199 The bile-duct joins that from the pancreas for ^ inch before it enters the intestine, which it does 2\ inches from the pylorus, at the second bend of the duodenum. The intestines are thick, as in the Cats; and there are no permanent folds iu any part of the mucous membrane of the alimentary tract. The ccecum is situated, as in the Felida? generally, in about the centre of the abdomen, on the inferior surface of the diagonal portion of the intestine, which runs to the left hypochondriac region, and then after, in Arctictis, dilating slightly at the angle, goes straight backwards to the rectum. It is Fig. 2. Portion of the colon of the Binturong, showing the small caecum (c), and the dilatation at the angle of the colon, which is situated in the left hypochondrium. very much like that in the Herons, being of considerably less diameter than the gut itself; the colon and small intestine are of nearly equal diameter and uniformly cylindrical. The omentum only covered the intestines to a small extent, not going more than half down the abdomen. The liver presents all the known lobes ; and the left lateral, right central, and right lateral are large. The lateral fissures extend deeply into the organ. The right centra] lobe is considerably cut up ; the fissure of the gall-bladder is deep ; and a small supplementary lobule covers the fundus of that viscus on its abdominal surface. The left central lobe is much more conspicuous on the diaphragmatic than on the abdominal surface. The caudate lobe is larger than usual, and quadrangular, presenting the renal fossa well developed, and being perforated by the vena cava inferior. The Spigelian lobe is elongate-oval, pointed at its free end, and it does not reach as far as the left margin of the liver. The general contour of the lobes is even, with a few slight irregularities now and then. The spleen is long and thin; it is 6\ inches long, f inch across, tapering and rounded at the ends. The kidneys are smooth and reniform. Each lung is divided into distinct lobes, the left into three, and |