FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE GUSTATORY 

 ORGANS OF THE MAMMALIA. 



FREDERICK TUCKERMAN. 



INDEX OF SPECIES. 



Petrogale lateralis 



Tatusia novemcincta ' 



.... 7"? 

 Mus decumanus ' -^ 



Mus musculns '•' 



Sciuropterus volucella 



Manattis latirostris 



77 



Alces machlis 



Cariacus virginianus 



* 79 



Cariacus toltecus 



Bison americanus 



ol 



Bibos indicus „ 



o2 



Ursus amertcanus 



, 83 



Ursus nialayanus 



Mustela erininea 



Felis tigris • „ 



Felis catus „ , 



Felis pardalis „ 



Viverra civeita ^ 



07 



Canis cinereo-argentatus 



Canis meso?nelas ° 



^9 



Lemur niongoz 



Cebus hypoleucus 



Cercopithecus diana 



Ateles ater 



I AM greatly indebted to Professor Allen, Curator of the De- 

 partment of Mammalogy and Ornithology, American Museum 

 of Natural History, Central Park, New York, for kindly sup- 

 plying me with a great part of the material upon which this 

 paper is based. 



The Tongue of Petrogale lateralis. 



General Description. — The organ measures 78 mm. in length 

 and ^o mm. in breadth. Anteriorly it is free from the fraenum 

 lingua for 35 mm., or nearly half its length. The under surface 



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