THE ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG. 155 
transversely to the abdomen than in Man.” Ina Leopard Cat (Felis 
bengalensis) that I have lately dissected the shape of the stomach was 
almost.exactly the same as that of the Binturong; and it was simi- 
larly situated—namely, with its two moieties running longitudinally 
and not transversely. . 
_ The intestines are evidently much shorter in the specimen that I 
dissected than in those described by others, as may be seen from the 
following Table :-— 
Dr. Cantor’s Prof. Owen’s Present 
Specimen. Specimen. Specimen. 
ft. in ft. in. ft. in. 
Small intestine ..........-..... (ee 0) 7 se | 49 
Large intestine i> 40 2 0 1 hl 
Da Padi yaks Ss acosackcases 0 OO 0 OF 0 
Length of specimen, without tail 2 8 2 0 2 3} 
The bile-duct joins that from the pancreas for } inch before it Page 199. 
enters the intestine, which it does 24 inches from the pylorus, at the 
second bend of the duodenum. The intestines are thick, as in the 
Cats; and there are no permanent folds in any part of the mucous 
membrane of the alimentary tract. The cecum is situated, as in the 
-  Felide generally, in about the centre of the abdomen, on the inferior 
surface of the diagonal portion of the intestine, which runs to the left 
hypochondriac region, and then, after, in Arctictis, dilating slightly at 
Fig. 2. 
Portion of the colon of the Binturong, showing the small cecum (c), and the 
dilatation at the angle of the colon, which is situated in the left hypochondrium. 
the angle, goes straight backwards to the rectum. It is very much 
like that in the Herons, being of considerably less diameter than the 
