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coeliaca, A. mesenterica superior et inferior, A. hypogastrica, A. 
femoralis, A. poplitea, Arteriae pedis plantares, Arteriae pedis dor- 
sales; von Nerven: Plexus cervicalis, Plexus brachialis, Plexus lum- 
balis, Plexus sacralis, Plexus pudendus, Nervi orbitae, Nervus maxil- 
laris, Nervus mandibularis. Andere Modelle sind in Arbeit oder werden 
später in Angriff genommen werden, so daß aus dem kleinen Wäld- 
chen schließlich ein ansehnlicher Wald hervorgehen wird. 
Nachdruck: verboten. 
The Posteava of an Adult Indian Chevrotain (Tragulus 
meminna ERXLEBEN). 
By Chuartes F. W. McCuure, Princeton University, U. S. A. 
With 5 Figures. 
So far as known to the writer, the type of postcava (inferior vena 
cava) commonly met with among the adult ruminants is one in which, 
as in the Axis deer (Axis axis, Fig. 1), the postrenal division of the 
V. renalis sinistra 
V. renalis sinistra 
A. renalis 
Kidney 
Posteava 
V.sper- 
matica A. mesenterica post. 
V. spermatica 
~A. spermatica 
Z A. mesenterica post. 
A. sper- ~ 
: V. spermatica 
matica 
V. iliaca communis 
—A. iliaca ext, A. iliaca ext. 
V, iliaca ext. 
V. iliaca ext. 
V. iliaca int. | Y. iliaea int. 
A. iliaca int. A. iliaca int. 
Bigs. is Fig. 2. 
Fig. 1. Postrenal division of the posteava of the Axis deer (Axis axis). Adult. 
Ventral view. Princeton Morphological Museum, No. 881. 
Fig. 2. Postrenal division of the posteava of Tragulus meminna (ERXLEBEN). 
Adult. Ventral view. Princeton Morphological Museum, No. 1568. 
postcava lies to the right of the aorta and is formed caudally through 
a union of the iliac veins which takes place dorsal to the arteries. 
