. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL mSTURY. the limit of tlie stomacli in this direction being indicated solely by the insertion of the gall-ducts at a point only one-fifth of an inch from the opening of the gullet. The other, or cardiac division of the stomach, on the contrary, is enormously de- veloped, forming an elongated and convoluted Cfecum (c) several inches long, and becoming considerably wider than at its origin. In one specimen examined, the body of the Bat measured only tliree inches and one-fifth in length; the intestine, from the pylorus to its terminat
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATURAL mSTURY. the limit of tlie stomacli in this direction being indicated solely by the insertion of the gall-ducts at a point only one-fifth of an inch from the opening of the gullet. The other, or cardiac division of the stomach, on the contrary, is enormously de- veloped, forming an elongated and convoluted Cfecum (c) several inches long, and becoming considerably wider than at its origin. In one specimen examined, the body of the Bat measured only tliree inches and one-fifth in length; the intestine, from the pylorus to its termination. eleven inches long; while the above-mentioned caecal portion, when straightened out, was six inches and a half in length, or t^vice as long as the body, and nearly two-thirds the length of the intestine. Pro- fessor Peters describes the cardiac ctecum in the specimen examined by him as only from one to two inches long. It may, perhaps, have be- longed to a distinct species. The stomach in the Frugivorous Pteropidae is elongated and quantity of vegetable food which they require to In the ordinary Insectivorous Bats the organ is. OF DESMOnr! tubulai no doubt for the reception of the Lii-< support their existence small and globular, with the pj'loric and cardiac orifices near each other, the nourishment afibrded by their usual diet being in a tolerably con- centrated form and firm condition. The extraordinary CEecum of the blood-suckers, no doubt, serves as a reservoir for their fluid nutriment, in which it may be stored for a time almost unchanged, and gradually subjected to the process of digestion. The second species of blood-sucking Bat mentioned in the earlier jiart of this article, DiphyUa ecuudata, agi-ees with the Desmodus in its dentition and general characters, but is entii-ely destitute of interfemoral membrane, and has the lower incisors Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally e
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