On the caecum of the red wolf (Canis jubatus, Desm.) / by W.H. Flower.

  • William Henry Flower
Date:
1879
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Credit: On the caecum of the red wolf (Canis jubatus, Desm.) / by W.H. Flower. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    On the Caecum of tiuTKTO Wolf (Canis jubatus, Desm. By W. H. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., P.Z.S. S'i- wolf. 18/9.] 766 )• A simple cylindrical caecum, closely folded several times upon itself, was formerly supposed to be a characteristic of the Canidae, as all the species which had been dissected up to 1873 agreed generally in the form of this organ. The numerous opportunities of dissecting members of the group which have occurred at the Society’s Gardens, have, however, afforded our late Prosector the means of demonstrating that the generalization had been made upon too narrow a basis. Ctecum of the Keel Wolf {Canis jubatus)-, half the size of nature. Cm. Ctecuiu. C. Colon, i. Ilium. The first exception discovered was the South-American Canis cancrivorus (P.Z.S. 1873, p. 748), which has a comparatively short caecum with only a slight curve; and in communicating the observation, Mr. Garrod remarked that it would be interesting to know whether the other South-American Canidae agree with 0. can- crivorus in the simplicity and shortness of their caeca. In a subsequent communication (P. Z. S. 1878, p. 3/3) Mr. Garrod reverted to the subject, and showed that of the various species he had dissected, Nyctereutes procyonides (from North-east Asia)i alo e agreed with Canis cancrivorus in having a nearly straight caecum, while C. laniger, C. lagopus, C. anthus, C.fulvus C. antarcticus, C. azarcc, Otocyon lalandi, and Lycaon pictusi conform with the type of Canis familiaris, and C. aureus and C.famebcus have the o g
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