1882.] PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. 507 
In Suricata the stomach is very short and round, while the 
cardia is extremely short’. 
Cynictis has a stomach more like that of the Genet, but not 
quite so elongated. There are folds inside the middle part of the 
greater curvature, but not towards the pylorus, which has a cul-de- 
sac extending beside the beginning of the duodenum. The cardia is 
very elongated. 
The stomach of Galidia is very like that of Crossarchus. Its 
cardia is of considerable size, and elongated. In Pro¢edes it is short 
and much bent, and shows a tendency to the formation of a pyloric 
cul-de-sac. There is a large cardia; but it is not prolonged as in 
Cynictis, Crossarchus, and Galidia. There are considerable internal 
folds, as described by Professor Flower*, who remarks :—‘‘ The 
whole organ closely resembles that of the Armadillos, which the 
Proteles yesembles in the nature of its food, though so widely 
removed in zoological position.” The Hyzena has a rather rounded 
stomach, more or less resembling that of Proteles. Professor 
Flower says * :—‘‘ The stomach is less elongated than in Felis, its 
fundus being very little developed.” 
The Intestine and Cecum. 
In Genetta tigrina I found the length of the small and large 
intestines to be respectively about 120’ and 14’°25, the ceecum 
being 2°75. The czecum was obtusely pointed, with thin walls 
and without glands, save a minute Peyer’s patch, situated on the 
inner side of its very apex. 
As to Felis, Hunter found the small intestine in the Lion to be 
four times as long as the body, and the large intestine to be two 
thirds that length. In the Hyzna the small intestine is about 
eight times the length of the larger. In Proteles the intestinal 
canal is not five times the length of the body*. In Hyena the 
large intestine is from one eighth to one sixth the length of the small 
intestine. In Crocuta® it is less than one twelfth. 
Amongst the dried preparations in the Museum of the College 
of Surgeons I find parts of the intestine of a Lion and a Tiger, in both 
of which there is arather long, simple ceecum, which is in both (but 
especially so in the Lion) relatively longer than in the cecum of 
Felis catus. untee found the ceecum to be from 2 to 3 inches 
long in the Lion. 
In Viverra civetta the excum is relatively a little longer than in 
Genetta; but a dried specimen of Viverra tangalunga exhibits a 
short and rounded cecum, while one of Viverricula is also rounded, 
but longer. 
1 For figures of the Suricate’s stomach and cecum see Owen's ‘ Anatomy of 
Vertebrates,’ vol. iii. pp. 444, 445. 
~ 2 P. Z.8. 1869, p. 474. 
3 * Medical Times and Gazette,’ Jan. 15, 1872, p. 679. 
* Thid. 
5 P.Z.S. 1879, p. 84, 
