DR. J. MURIE ON THE FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE MANATEE. 
Female. Male. 
Pectoral Extremity. inches. inches. 
Distant from the muzzle . _— 10:0 
Distant from the end of tail . ae — 38°0 
Width from one tip to the other when sitaerevelian — 25°0 
Roots apart from each other, following curve of back 19-0 — 
Extreme length of free portion . 10:0 8:0 
Extreme breadth of free portion el iia 4-4 3°5 
At the narrowest portion its transverse diameter is — 2°5 
Girth at the root 10:3 8-0 
Girth at about the middie 4 10° 8:0 
Girth at about the outer or distal ehitna 88 8:0 
Thickness at the elbow : — 17 
Thickness at the middle of the solide —_ 0-6 
Tail, or caudal extremity. 
Extreme length, or from the last loin-wrinkle backwards, 
measured on the ventral surface . . 19-0 16:0 
Extreme length measured on the dorsal sakes . 185 15:0 
Distance betwixt first wrinkle and angle of terminal border. — 12:0 
Breadth following curvature of terminal border — 18-0 
Extreme breadth following superior curvature of skin 16°5 13:0 
Girth, about four inches from the tip 27°8 26°0 
Girth, about ten inches from the tip . — 20°5 
Girth at the root or hindermost loin-wrinkle — 17:0 
Notch or median terminal incision, in diameter — 05 
Generative organs &c. 
Rectum distant from end of tail : 24:0 185 
Distance from middle of anus to middle of vagina 3:2 — 
Distance from middle of anus to opening of penis — 9°8 
Length of generative outlet, including labia 14 1:3 
Length of generative outlet, solely the opening 0-9 0-9 
Diameters of anus, about. ; bes 0°5 05 
Breadth of each labial elevation howiiding send en —_ 1:3 
Circumference of both . ant 4:0 
The umbilicus is distant from the data —_— 18-0 
The umbilicus is distant from the end of tail Fl loo 30:0 
The umbilicus is distant from the middle of penal opening — 2°4 
The umbilicus in the male has a cicatrix one inch long by half an inch broad. 
When studying in the Stuttgart Museum I derived much information from Professor 
Krauss, the able Director. 
Among other things he mentioned that their large stuffed 
