1339.] Note on the dissection of the Sand Hog. 409 



cretion would appear to be confined to the generative function solely, 

 and is most probably of an analogous nature to the lachrymal sacs 

 in most of the Deer tribe. 



The stomach was large and simple, with a strong muscular pylorus, 

 not unlike in figure and structure that of our common Indian Bear ( U. 

 labiatus) on which animal I offered a few remarks at our last meeting. 



The liver is divided into five distinct lobes, the second on the right 

 side being partially separated at its lower marginal part for the recep- 

 tion of the gall-bladder, which contained some greenish looking bile. 

 The kidneys differed from those of the Bears in not being lobulated. 

 The total length of the alimentary canal from the pylorus to the anus 

 measured eleven feet two inches. The intestines throughout were 

 of delicate structure, and exhibited no distinct division or peculiarity 

 of form by which the larger could be clearly distinguished from the 

 smaller, and consequently there is no ccecum in this animal, or any 

 dilatation equivalent thereto, the canal merely becoming a little more 

 capacious in its descent towards the anal opening, where there are two 

 small glandular follicles on its verge. 



The uterus and organs of generation were too small and undeveloped 

 to admit of examination. 



Tongue large, broad, and with a soft smooth surface. 



The system of dentition was as follows : 



False True 



Incisors. Canines. Molars. Molars. 



6 2 4 4 . ,. QO 



% 2 4* j mall 32; 



the Incisors, Canines, and false Molars corresponding more to the Carni- 

 vora, while the true Molars are tuberculous, leading to the inference that 

 the quality of its food must be of a vegetable nature. The last Molar 

 in the upper jaw is very remarkably lengthened, in fact it is more like 

 the two ordinary terminal teeth united into one than a single tooth, 

 but this is not the case with the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. 



The diet of the animal while in captivity consisted entirely of bread, 

 milk, and plantains ; the latter being evidently its favorite food, to the 

 total rejection of meat and flesh of all kinds. 



There were no morbid appearances observable on opening the body 

 to account for its sudden death ; this coupled with the circumstance of 

 the animal having up to the time of its demise been in perfectly good 

 health, and appearing in fine condition on dissection, leads me to con- 

 clude it must have perished from exposure to cold. 



It has been remarked by some naturalists that this obscure and 

 anomalous animal is closely allied to the Bears and Pigs, forming a 



