82 CARNIVORA. 



close to the end of the horn, on the opposite side to the origin of the 

 Fallopian tube. 



The muscles of the anus are as in the otter. The bags at the anus 

 are very large 1 . 



Section Plantigrada. 



Family MELIDjE.] 



The Badger [Meles Taxus, Ursus Taxus, Linn. 2 ]. 



The soles of the feet are like the racoon's. Part of the deltoid 

 arising from the neck is as in the racoon. There is no worm in the 

 tongue. The edge of the epiglottis loses itself in the membrane between 

 the thyroid and cricoid cartilages, so that there are two ridges coming 

 from the arytenoid to the thyroid ; one from the tip of the arytenoid, 

 the other from the root ; and, between these two, is the opening of the 

 sacculus laryngis, next to the thyroid cartilage. This is a pretty large 

 sac, not extending forward over the os hyoides, as in the martin-cat or 

 racoon, but into all that space between the opening and the side of the 

 thyroid cartilage, and backward as far as the upper edge of the cricoid 

 and outer angle of the arytenoid ; it is covered only by a thin membrane 

 as it extends upwards, where the edge of the epiglottis is lost. The 

 thyroid gland is very small and flat, lying close to the upper part of the 

 trachea, as in the martin-cat and racoon. 



Some part of the roof of the mouth is black. The oesophagus below 

 the diaphragm is very short. There is a mark where the fauces termi- 

 nate, and where the oesophagus begins — a sort of stricture. 



The situation and figure of the stomach, intestines, spleen, pancreas, 

 epiploon, and kidneys, are the same as in the bear, racoon, stoat, and 

 martin-cat. There are very large glandular parts in the ileum 3 . 



The liver is divided as in the dog, the gall-bladder lying in the middle 

 lobe. There are two hepatic ducts, the uppermost the smallest, as in 

 the racoon, which comes from the left side: the ductus communis 

 choledochus is the stem or union of the whole ; it enters the duodenum 

 about 2 inches beyond the pylorus, and about an inch from the pan- 

 creatic duct. 



The pancreas is of a triangular figure, as in some other animals, 

 having superior and inferior mesopancreatic membranes, which are 

 fixed to the superior edge, and the inferior posterior edge, the epiploon 

 being fixed to the anterior inferior edge. 



i [Hunt. Prep. No. 2146.] 



2 [The skeleton of this animal is No. 4091, Osteol. Series. No. 1955, Phys. Series, 

 is a portion of the skin, showing the fur and hair of the badger.] 



3 [Home, Coinp. Anat. i. p. 430.] 



