On the liver and gall‐bladder of the Giraffe

SUMMARY. The constitution of the Giraffe liver is described and figured for adult and neonatal stages: caudate and Spigelian lobes are shown to be constant topographical features. The visceral surface of the adult and the neonatal liver is figured for the first time. A gall‐bladder is present during foetal life but normally undergoes physiological involution, being absent from the postnatal animal. The presence of a gall‐bladder in the postnatal Giraffe is always of the nature of a congenital anomaly; two additional instances are reported.