1873.] ANATOMY OF THE BINTURONG. 199 



The bile-duct joins that from the pancreas for | inch before it 

 enters the intestine, which it does 2± 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 mu- 

 cous membrane of the alimentary tract. The ccecum is situated, as 

 in the Fehdaj 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 the angle, goes straight backwards to the rectum. It il 



Fig. 2. 



Portion of the colon of the Binturong, showing (he small eaicuai (c), ami the 

 dilatation at the angle of the colon, which is situated in the left hypoehondrium. 



very much like that in the Herons, being of considerably less dia- 

 meter than the gut itself; the colon and small intestine are of nearly 

 equal diameter and uniformly cylindrical. The omentum only 

 covered the intestines to a small extent, not going more than half 

 down the abdomen. 



The liver presents all the known lobes ; and the left lateral, right 

 central, and right lateral are large. The lateral fissures extend 

 deeply into the organ. The right central lobe is considerably cut 

 up ; the fissure of the gall-bladder is deep ; and a small supplementary 

 lobule covers the fundus of that viscus on its abdominal surface. 

 The left central lobe is much more conspicuous on the diaphragmatic 

 than on the abdominal surface. The caudate lobe is larger than 

 usual, and quadrangular, presenting the renal fossa well developed 

 and being perforated by the vena cava inferior. The Spigelian lobe 

 is elongate-oval, pointed at its free end, and it does not reach as far 

 as the left margin of the liver. The general contour of the lobes is 

 even, with a few slight irregularities now and then. 



The spleen is long and thin ; it is 6^ inches long, J inch across 

 tapering and rounded at the ends. 



The kidneys are smooth and reniform. 



Each lung is divided into distinct lobes, the left into three, and 



