166 Kansas Academy of Science. 



To indicate the size of this animal, and to preserve a record 

 of a large Kansas beaver, I will give some of the most impor- 

 tant measurements, and some general notes, that I made of 

 the animal while it was still in the flesh. 



The measurements were made in inches and hundredths, 

 and were taken from the animal's body while it was stretched 

 out flat upon the floor : 



Length from end of nose to end of tail (not stretched) 42.00 



Length from end of nose to end of tail (moderately stretched) .... 45.00 



Length from end of nose to end of outstretched hind foot 35.50 



Length of hind foot from heel to end of longest (middle) toe 7.00 



Greatest width of hind foot (web stretched) 6.75 



Greatest width of web between toes (web stretched) 2.00 



Length of front foot to end of longest toe 3.25 



Distance from end of nose to end of ear (stretched back) 6.50 



Distance from tip of ear to tip of ear (moderately stretched) 5.25 



Natural height of ear 1.25 



Natural width of ear 1.00 



Width of ear when spread out flat 1.75 



Distance from end of nose to center of eye (eyeball) 3.00 



Distance between eyes (center of eyeball to center of eyeball) 2.90 



TAIL. 



Total length of tail vertebrae 18.25 



Length of scaly portion of tail 11.00 



Greatest width of scaly poi'tion of tail 5.75 



Thickest place in scaly portion of tail 1.50 



Thickest place in middle of scaly tail 75 



Circumference at root of scaly portion of tail 10.65 



Circumference of middle of scaly portion of tail 11.90 



Body measurements, taken while the animal's body was 

 lying flat upon its belly upon the floor : 



Natural distance from head of femur bone to head of humerus. . . . 17.00 

 Natural distance from head of femur back to where scaly portion 



of tail begins 10.00 



Natural width of body behind shoulders 9.75 



Natural width of middle (abdomen) of animal 12.25 



Natural depth of middle (abdomen) of animal 5.25 



Circumference behind the shoulder 26.00 



Circumference of middle of abdomen 31.00 



Circumference of neck 16.50 



DIGESTIVE TRACT. 



The entire length of digestive tract was 35 feet 1 inch, made up as fol- 

 lows: Esophagus, 11 inches; stomach, 13 inches; caecum, 22 inches; 

 small intestine 25 feet; large intestine, 42 inches; rectum, 34 inches. 



The average width of the stomach was about four inches. 

 The stomach was contracted to almost half its natural width 



