XVI.— On the myology of the Wombat (Phascolomys wombata) and the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus ursinus)
1870; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 27 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00222937008696135
ISSN0374-5481
Autores Tópico(s)Primate Behavior and Ecology
ResumoTHROUGH the kindness of Professor Haughton, I have recently had the opportunity of making, with his assistance, a careful dissection of the two above-named marsupials.They were both salted specimens~ but in excellent preservation.The Wombat was 33 inches long, and was an adult female fullo grown ; it had a young one in its pouch surrounded by shreds of a membran% but of what nature could not be ascertained.The embryo was 1 inch and 2 lines in length.The Tasmanian Devil was about 27 inches long and in good condition; it was also a femal% but not fully grown, the hinder molar teeth were not cut.The muscles of the wombat were firm and red; those of the native Devil were softer and paler, but still distinct.The dense pig-like skin of the Wombat was with difficulty taken off, as the subjacent tissue was dense and firm.The platysma and panniculus carnosus in both are weak and undefined.The trapezius of thcWombat arises from the occipital ridge, from the cervical spines and ligamentum nuch~e~ and from the seven upper dorsal spines ; it stretches as an undivided muscular sheet to the spine of the scapula and the acromion process.The anterior fibres were not attached to th e clavicl% but~ gliding over it~ replaced the clavicular deltoid, and were inserted into the deltoid crest of the humerus~ overlying the great pectoral.There was no tendinous intersection over the line of the clavicl% although such a line often exists when
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