. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . ecretion has madeit sought for and vendible, under the name of c civet. In theSuricate and Ichneumon a glandular glossa surrounds the anus. In Chiromys and some other Lemuridce, the anal glands arereduced to two shallow cutaneous pits at the sides and upper partof the vent: in higher Quadrumaua this trace disappears. § 367. Opening on the tail.—In certain large Shrews (Myogalea,Macroscelides) the under part of the base of the tail is tumid,through the development of glandular follicles : these open therein a double row in the species whic
. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . ecretion has madeit sought for and vendible, under the name of c civet. In theSuricate and Ichneumon a glandular glossa surrounds the anus. In Chiromys and some other Lemuridce, the anal glands arereduced to two shallow cutaneous pits at the sides and upper partof the vent: in higher Quadrumaua this trace disappears. § 367. Opening on the tail.—In certain large Shrews (Myogalea,Macroscelides) the under part of the base of the tail is tumid,through the development of glandular follicles : these open therein a double row in the species which, from the odour of theirsecretion, is termed Myogalea moschata. The caudal scent-gland in the Fox is elliptical, about an inchin length; it is minutely lobulate ; each lobule consisting ofclusters of spherical follicles terminating by a short duct; theorifices of these ducts are on a linear tract, indicated by hairs of adifferent colour from the 1 xx. vol. iv. p. 183, No. 2803. 2 lb. p. 181, Nos. 2797, 2798. 3 ccxxxn. p. 309, tab. vin. 498. Anal gland-bags, Skunk. 638 ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. § 368. Opening on the limbs.—-In certain Bats {Emballonura^) a glandular cutaneous sac, exuding a reddish mal-odoroussecretion, opens upon the anterior border of the wing, near thehead of the humerus. In Saccopteryx (at least in the male) alarger sac, with a plicate internal surface situated on the underpart of the wing, near the ulna, opens by a fissure on the uppersurface of the limb. In the one-horned Rhinoceros (Rh. indicus, and probably inother species) there is a glandular orifice at the back part of eachfoot, situated about three inches above the callous sole: it is con-cealed in the middle of the transverse fold that runs parallel tothe interspace between the carpus and metacarpus, and betweenthe ta-rsus and metatarsus. The gland is of a compressed ovatefigure, measuring one inch and a half in length, and one inch inbreadth : it is hollow, with parietes from two t
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