OP THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BADGERS. 



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according to Ooues, there is a well-developed haculum. He 

 describes it as " 4 inches long, clnbbed at one end, compressed, 

 and with a shallow sulcus in the continuity ; the other end bent 



Text-figure 22. 



A. Rear end of Meles meles, female, with the subcaudal and anal s-acs closed. 



X t. 



B. The same of Taxidea americana, female. X J. 



C. Lateral view of ano-genital area of Taxidea, female, sliowing- the prominent 



anus and the clitoris with its lateral glandular pit partly opened. X h. 



D. The lateral gland of the clitoris of the same, opened to show the het;e at the 



bottom. 



E. Clitoris of same, elevated to show the glandular pits closed. 



P. Anus of same, spread open to show thepapillje of tlie anal glands. 



