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Show 432 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE [May 21, in length, in tbe small intestine, which ends just at the origin of the caecum. The caBcum measures 10 m m . from the apex to the inner side of its junction with tbe intestine in a straight line. A median anan-gious sheet of mesentery connects it with the intestine and extends about halfway up it. A blood-vessel crosses the intestine on each side to supply tbe cascum, but is not borne upon a mesentery. The caecum is regularly conical in form, and slightly curved towards the small intestine. The Liver.-The abdominal surface of the liver is shown in the accompanying drawing (fig. 3). All the 6 lobes are perfectly separate from each other. The Spigelian lobe is small and pointed. Fig. 3. Liver of Cryptoprocta ferox. B.C., right central lobe; L.C., left central lobe; L.L., left lateral lobe; E.L., right lateral lobe; Ca., caudal lobe; Sp., Spigelian lobe ; G., gall-bladder. The right central lobe is nearly completely divided into two unequal halves by the furrow which lodges the gall-bladder. The relative sizes of the different lobes may be expressed by means of the following formula :- LL 2>LC 2<EC 3>BL 2>Ca 3>Sp. For a comparison of the liver of this animal with that of other Ailuroidea I have referred to Dr. Mivart's paper upon the anatomy |
