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and up on the thoracic side (ef. fig. 8 B). The gall-bladder 

 is partly sunk into the tissue of the right central h)be on 

 the right side of fissura cystica. The gall-bladder is small 

 (fig. C) and does not by far reach to the free ventral margin 

 of the liver, unlike the condition in most other Marsupials. 

 On the contrary it is much removed from the same and lies 



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Fig. 8. The liver of Caenolestes A from the ventral side, B from the tho- 

 racic side, and C from the abdominal side 1. c. lobus caudatus, 1. c. å.lobus 

 centralis dexter, 1. c s. lobus centralis sinister, 1. 1. d. lobus laterahs dexter, 

 1. 1. s. lobus lateralis sinister, 1. S. lobus Spigelii, v. f. vesica fellea. 



near the base of the caudate lobe and the median ventral 

 extension of the right lateral lobe. The caudate lobe is 

 strongly developed and provided with a long pointed appen- 

 dix, which partly covers the right kidney. It is by a very 

 deep fissure separated from the right lateral lobe. The Spi- 

 gelian lobe is also very large and divided into two lobes 

 (fig. 8 C). 



