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Show 1895.] ANATOMY OF CRYPTOPROCTA FEROX. 431 of the upward bend of the pyloric region of the stomach. The pyloric valve is not very strongly marked. The spleen measures from end to end just over two inches. It is considerably wider at one end than the other. At the wide end are indistinct traces of bifurcation as in the Cat. Fig. 2. Fig. 1.-Tongue of Cryptoprocta ferox, dorsal surface. Fig. 2.-Muscles of thigh of Cryptoprocta ferox. G.I., gluteus maximus; Ag. caud., agitator caudae. The small intestine measures 55 inches, the large intestine only 6| inches in length. There is a very long Peyer's patch, 4 | inches |