OF THE RATKL AND THE WOLVERENE. 



Text-figure 17. 



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A. Anal area of Mellivora $ , with tlie root of the tail above, showing the 



closed orifice of the anal sack. 



B. The same partly dissected to show the anal glands, a.s., anal sack 



spread open with a bristle passed through the duct of the anal gland 

 and emerging at the side of the anus; a.g., anal glands, on the right 

 side entire, on the left side opened to show the reservoir and the 

 bristle; so., scrotum. 



The penis. — In both the genera the prepuce, as in all Mustelidse, 

 is situated far in advance of the scrotum, and the penis is pro- 

 vided with a long stout bctculum. In Mellivora the baculum * 



* This bone was described by Gilbert (Morph. Jahrb. xviii. p. 817, 1892). 

 I redescribed and figured it in 1918 (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) i. p. 311, figs, i-m 

 p. 309). The baculum of Gido was figured and described bv Pohl (Jena Zeitschr. 

 xlv. p. 385, 1909). 



