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Show ] 905.] ANATOMY OF THE FERRET-BADGER, 25 In Helictis, on the other hand, this membrane is of much less extent. It is only attached to abont half the length of the pancreas and is inserted on to the mesocolon along a line which begins a little before the left kidney bnt ends at about its middle. This characteristic difference is illustrated in the figures (text-figs. 9, 10). Text-fig. 9. Pancreas and adjacent regions in Helictis personata. D. Duodenum ; P. End of pancreas; K . Kidnej'; St. Stomach. § Ovary and Broad Ligament. As is very frequently, if not constantly, the case with the Arctoidea, the ovary is completely encapsuled and thus continuous, anatomically, with the Fallopian tube. An interesting point concerns the suspension of the ovary and oviducal canal. The mesoarium is continued forwards for a short distance in front of the ovary, running attached to the parietes to the outside of the kidney. In Galictis there is the same forward prolongation of this fold, which has the same position in relation to the kidney, but it extends much further forward on |