ON A HYPOSPADIC PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC ELK. 7 



with roundish outline and a diameter of about 12 mm. The 

 body and »tail>> of the epididymis are rather thin and flattened 

 extending to the opposite pole of the testicle (not seen in 

 the figure because covered by the testicle). The plexus pampi- 

 niformis forms a body which is larger than the testicle itself. 

 The small size of the testicle proves that it has not been 

 able to function. 



On the median side of the proximal end of the vas defe- 

 rens and connected with the same by means of a ligament 

 there is, as fig. 4 shows, a somewhat convoluted organ which 

 to its outer appearance resembles an oviduct, and most pro- 

 bably is the rudiment of the rigt oviduct, although it does 

 not appear to liave any lumen. The figure quoted shows it 

 from different sides. There are no fimbrice and no ostium 

 to be seen which is the less remarkable as there is no trace 

 of an ovary. 



As a recapitulation may be stated that this Elk is a 

 pseudohermaphroditic animal with a hypospadic penis situated 

 between large lahia vulvce leading into a wide vagina which 

 by lip-like folds corresponding to a cervix uteri is limited 

 from a likewise comparatively wide uterine tract to which 

 two atrophied cornua with obsolete lumina are joined. The 

 left cornu has no rudiment of an oviduct while such a one 

 is connected with the right. There is no trace of an ovary 

 on either side, but a small testicle with epididymis and plexus 

 pampiniformis is developed, although only on the right side. 

 The from the testicle leading vas deferens has partly a stränge 

 situation as it is connected with the inner wall of the uterine 

 and vaginal träets. 



In connection with the presence of a testicle on the 

 right side it is of importance to note that the antler of the 

 right side is better developed than that of the left. This 

 fact must be emphasized because it is generally assumed that 

 the influence of the genital organs on the development of the 

 antiers works diagonally. A. Rörig, for instance, who has 

 studied the normal and abnormal development of the antiers 

 of several Cervidce ^ comprises as a result of his investigations 



^ The description which the author quoted has given of the »Ge- 

 staltungsfolge der Geweihbildung bei Cervus Alces^ in Arch. f. Ent- 

 wicklungsmechanik, Bd. XI, Leipzig 1901, p. 90 — 95 is, however, in need 

 of several corrections and modifications. 



