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Show 504 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ALUROIDEA. [June (), labiales a la levre inferieure." Meckel says 1 that in the Ichneumon the parotid and submaxillary glands are about equal in volume. A. Salivary glands of Genet, p, parotid gland; d, Steno's duct; s m, submaxillary gland, traversed by j v, jugular vein ; o, opening of Steno's duct. B. Part of the skull of the Genet, showing the zygomatic gland, the lip being drawn up to show:-sf.d, orifico of Steno's duct; z.gl, zygomatic gland ; o, orifice of zygomatic gland ; z, zygoma. The Stomach. In Genetta tigrina the stomach is much longer in proportion to its breadth than in the Cat2. Its length, measured along its middle, is 1 Anat. Comp. vol. viii. p. G81. 2 The dimensions of the stomach have been taken in as natural a condition as possible, the stomach not being inflated or greatly distended. Cuvier says (Le90ii8 d'Anat. Comp. vol. iv. lre partie, p. 38) the cardia is more approximated to the pylorus than in the Cat. Meckel says (Anat. Comp. vol. viii. pp. 694, 695) that in the P u m a the stomach is much more elongated and less spheroidal than in the Cat, the Leopard being intermediate in these respects. |
