. Journal of anatomy. Fig. 3. — Taplmzua pcrforatus. Exterualgenitalia of adult male. Fig. 4.—Brachyiihylia orenitalia of adult male. other characters of the genitalia seem to be in harmony with the conditionsseen in Type I. The vaginal orifice is rounded, but inclines more to thetransverse type; the uterus is bicornuate. In the male the most remark-. FiG. 5.—Male of Vcspcrugo temminckiiduring the breeding season, showingthe enormous ])roi)ovtions of the de-scended geiiital glands at this time. able feature is the elongation and tapering form of the penis. Thesecharacters p
. Journal of anatomy. Fig. 3. — Taplmzua pcrforatus. Exterualgenitalia of adult male. Fig. 4.—Brachyiihylia orenitalia of adult male. other characters of the genitalia seem to be in harmony with the conditionsseen in Type I. The vaginal orifice is rounded, but inclines more to thetransverse type; the uterus is bicornuate. In the male the most remark-. FiG. 5.—Male of Vcspcrugo temminckiiduring the breeding season, showingthe enormous ])roi)ovtions of the de-scended geiiital glands at this time. able feature is the elongation and tapering form of the penis. Thesecharacters possibly have some relation to the enormously enlarged uro-patagium, and on the whole Natulus seems to range itself most naturallywith the forms which fall under the first type of genitalia. The Genitalia of the Cheiroptera 53 3Ial(.—In the male the form of the external genitalia is almost identicalin the two types. Illustration is made of Tnj)]iozus 2^erforatus (fig. 3) andof Bracliyplnjlla cavcrnarum (fig. 4), and further description is not neededin detail. In Taphozus (as an example of Type I.) the post-anal pouch seenin Galeopithecus and in the Megacheiroptera is well marked, and traces ofit are present in the males of most Microcheiroptera of this type. InBrackyplujlla (Type II.) and other Phyllostomids it is not nearly so welldeveloped. The glans penis i
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