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152 THE ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG. 
Of the specimen here figured the breadth (after being kept in 
aleohol) of the scolex, opposite the suckers, is 4 millimetres, whilst 
the depth, to the lower of the two more strongly marked transverse 
lines below the suckers (the proliferating area), is 3 millimetres. 
The breadth of the largest of the proglottides is 3:1 centimetres, 
their depth being 4°5 millimetres. One decimetre from the end of 
the scolex the proglottides are 1°42 centimetre in breadth. 
In one respect the scolex differs from that described by Dr. Peters, 
the rostellum or little conical elevation between the suckers being 
scarcely even indicated as such. This, however, seems hardly suffi- 
cient to justify specific separation. 
It is an interesting fact that three different species of Rhinoceros 
so separated in their distribution, should be troubled with the same 
tapeworm, which must therefore, unvarying, have followed the 
ancestral species in its different variations, now so easily distinguish- 
able. 
27. NOTES ON THE ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG 
(ARCTICTIS BINTURONG).* 
CrrTaAIN points in the anatomy of the soft parts of the Binturong, a 
knowledge of which is necessary to assist in substantiating the 
generalisations of Mr. H. N. Turnert and Professor Flowerf as re- 
gards the correct classification of the Carnivora, being as yet unde- 
termined, the recent death of a male specimen enables me to supply 
them. 
Dr. Cantor§ and Professor Owen|| have described the alimentary 
canal, noting some of the most important points; but neither has 
entered much into detail, and the generative organs in the male are 
not included in their descriptions. 
Alimentary Canal. 
With regard to the palate, there are ten transverse ridges extend- 
ing across its anterior part; they are not very strongly marked. The 
* “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1873, pp. 196-202. Read, Feb. 18, 
1873. : 
t “Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1848, p. 63 et seq. 
t “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1869, p. 4 et seq. 
§ “Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,” 1846, p. 192. 
|| “ Anatomy of Vertebrates,” 1868, III. p. 445. 
