1907. 



STRUCTURE OF THE MAMMAL GALIDICTIS. 



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are easily to be recognised. Another fact in reference to the 

 csecuni of GaUdictis is the existence of a lymphatic gland just 

 at its junction Avith the intestine. I found the same state of 

 affairs exactly repeated in Genetta v^dgaris. The fact would 

 therefore appear to be of some importance. 



The Liver of GaUdictis is represented from the abdominal side 

 in the accompanying figure (text-fig. 212), The diaphragmatic 

 view of this viscus shows that the gall-bladder is just visible on 

 that surface through the cleft right central lobe. The principal 

 features relating to the shapes and relative sizes of the different 

 lobes are plainly shown, and obviate the necessitj^ of a full 

 description of the same. I would call attention to the large size 

 of the caudate lobe and to its bifid free extremity. The Spigelian 

 lobe is also larger than in some animals. 



Text-fig. 212. 



L.C.L. 



CoL.L. 



Abdominal surface of Liver of GaUdictis striata. 



Ca.L. Caudate lobe. G.B. Gall-bladder. L.C.L. Left central lobe. L.L.L. Left 

 lateral lobe. R.C.L. Right central lobe. R.L.L. Right lateral lobe. Sp.L. 

 Spigelian lobe. 



The Spleen has the usual elongate form that it shows in the 

 Carnivora, the duodenal end being rather broader than the 

 opposite extremity. 



Pancreas. — This gland is not dealt with by Mivart in his 

 account of the abdominal viscera of the ^luroidea. In GaUdictis 



