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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF
VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS: Bat (carnivorous)
Pallid bat (photo by Dr. Ed Stevens) < go to CD
Insectivorous little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995) (CD Figure 5.12)
Figure 2. Vampire bat (Desmodus rufus). The thoracic and abdominal opened and the alimentary canal unraveled and exposed throughout its entire length. o, oesophagus; Ca, commencement of the cardiac sac of the stomach; Cd, blind end of the stomach; Py, pylorus division of the stomach; Sp, spleen; L, liver; x, entrance of bile duct into intestine; and I, I, I, the intestine. (From Flower, W. H. Lecture VII, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy of the Organs of Digestion of the Mammalia. Royal College of Surgeons of England, February and March, 1872)
Vampire bat (Desmodus rufus) digestive tract (Stevens & Hume 1995) (CD Figure 5.12)
Table 7.3. (CD Table 8.3)
