THE ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG. 159 
28. NOTE ON THE ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG Page 142. 
(ARCTICTIS BINTURONG).* 
Iy an earlier communication + I was able to confirm the observations 
of others, and to add fresh details, with reference to the anatomy of 
Arctictis binturong. Since that paper was published, two other speci- 
mens of the species have passed through my hands, the earlier of 
which differed in no respect from the one which I have previously 
described. The last, however, which died on January 4, 1878, pre- 
sented a peculiarity which I feel to be deserving of record. It was a 
_ female, apparently adult, having lived in the Gardens of the Society 
since October 19, 1875. The abnormal feature which it presented 
was the total absence of any trace of the colic cecum, which, as is 
shown in a drawing accompanying my former paper, is normally 
extremely small. 
The line of separation between the small and large intestines is 
well defined ; and there is no valvular constriction between the two 
tubes, as is the case in the Arctoidea generally. There is a large 
Peyer’s patch quite close to the termination of the small gut. 
The non-constancy of the presence of the diminutive cecum in 
Arctictis binturong, and its total absence in Nandinia binotata,t makes 
it evident that the existence of the cecum is a less important diag- 
nostic character than was inferred by earlier investigators. 
* “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1878, p. 142. Read, Feb. 5, 1878. 
+ “Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1873, p. 196. (Opp.) 
t Vide Prof. Flower's “ Note,” “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” 1872, 
_ p. 683. 
