1879.] 



ANATOMY OF HYiENA CROCUTA. 



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in H. brunnea as 8 to K in Proteles as 5 to 1, and in //. crocnta as 

 more than 9 to 1. With reference to the relative lengths of the 

 small and great intestines, the table shows that in H. striata the 

 length of the small intestine is to that of the great as C)\ to 1, in 

 H.^brunnea as 81 to 1, in Proteles as 7| to 1, and in H. crocuta 

 as 12f to 1. //. crocuta therefore differs from the other species 

 med in the greater length of the small intestine as compared not 

 ly with that of the body, but also with that of the great i^ntestine. 

 Liver. — The liver is large. In accordance with Prof. Flower's' 

 method of description, we distinguish two hepatic segments, a right 

 and a left, each of which is divided into lobes. The left segment is 

 the smaller, and is divided, by means of a well-marked lateral fissure, 

 into a lateral and a central lobe. Of these the former is much the 

 laro-er and of an oval form, whilst the latter is triangular, with the 

 ape'x directed backward. The right segment of the liver, larger 



nam 

 on 



Liver of Hyrrna crocuta. 



U, umbilical fissure ; Llf, left lateral fissure ; Rtf, rislit lateral fissure ; l.l, left 

 lateral, and l.c, left central lobe ; r.l, right lateral, and r.c, nght cen- 

 tral lobe ; S, Spigelian lobe ; C, caudate lobe ; G.B, gall-bladder. 



than the left, also presents a well-marked lateral fissure, by means 

 of which the right central is cut off from the right lateral lobe. On 

 the visceral aspect of the former is a deep cystic fissure which 

 accommodates the gall-bladder, and divides the central lobe into 



' Medical Times and Gazette, vol. i. 1872, p. 293. 



