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XVII.—The Reproductive Organs in Hapalemur and Lepilemur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

W. C. Osman Hill  and
D. V. Davies
W. C. Osman Hill
Affiliation:
Prosector, Zoological Society of London
D. V. Davies
Affiliation:
Professor of Anatomy, St Thomas's Hospital Medical School.
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An account of the morphology of the external and internal reproductive organs of the females of Hapalemur and Lepilemur and of the male of Hapalemur, including some histological details in both sexes of Hapalemur, is presented. The female apparatus in Hapalemur is described here for the first time, while new concepts emerge in connection with the male genitalia of Hapalemur and the female organs of Lepilemur, both of which have been imperfectly known. The tunnelling of the large clitoris by the urethra in Hapalemur is unique among the Madagascar lemurs and parallels the condition in the suborder Lorisoidea. The female Lepilemur exhibits typically lemurine external and internal genitalia, but lacks the glandular specialisations met with in Lemur. Details of the relative positions and peritoneal relations of the uterine cornua and ovaries in different lemurine genera are discussed. In the male Hapalemur the penis agrees with that of other Lemurinæ; internally some observations of Beddard and Oudemans are confirmed and supplemented. The necessity for the taxoaomic separation of Hapalemur is considered.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , 1955 , pp. 251 - 270
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1955

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