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DR. P. CHALMERS MITCHELL OX THE 



Order Carnivora. 



Sub-Order P i n ii i p e d i a. Odohcenns rosmanis (text- 

 fig. 26). Macrorhinus leoninus (text-fig. 27). 



The pattern of tlie intestinal tract of tlie Seals and tlieir 

 immediate allies is distinguished by simplicity, great length of 

 Meckel's tract, reduction of the cseeum, relative shortness of the 



Text-fieure 26. 



Intestinal tract of Odohmuis rosmarus. 



I. The tract as a whole. S. Cut end of gut nearest stomach. R. Cut end of 



gut nearest anus. C. Ciecum. 

 H. Enlarged view of junction of ileum and hind-gut with caecum. He. Cut end 

 of ileum. Col. Cut end of colon. C. CiECum. Part of the side-wall has been 

 removed to show the protrusion of the ileum into the cseco-colic cavitj'. 



