OF THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN BADGERS. 



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

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

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



Text-figure 22. 



A. Rear end of Ileles meles, female, with tlie snbcaiulal and anal sacs closed. 



X t- 



B. The same of Taxidea amer'tcana, female. X h. 



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



anus and the clitoris with its lateral glandular pit partlj^ opened. X f . 



D. The lateral gland of the clitoris of the same, opened to show the s-etie at the 



bottom. 



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



F. Anus of same, spread open to show thej^apilla? of the anal glands. 



