ON THE ANATOMY OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. 



Fig. 7. 



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Corn 



P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 433. 



. Uterus and vagina of 

 African Elephant (about half 

 natural size), viewed from behind. 

 b The vagina (To^.) and urino- 

 genital canal (u.g.} have been 

 laid open from behind. Carn.ut. 

 Cornua uteri cut short above. 

 Ut. True uterus, formed by the 

 coalescence of the two cornua, 

 but not marked off externally 

 from the conjoined cornua by any 

 constriction, o.u. Above this is 

 the valve-like structure corre- 

 sponding to the Os uteri. Ur. 

 Prominence on which the urethra 

 opens ; above it are seen the 

 Malpighian canals ; below the 

 letters is the papilla-like free 

 point (vide fig. 8). Ves. Bladder. 

 b. Section of the conjoined 

 uterine cornua, half the natural 

 size, to show the distinctness of 

 the two tubes internally at this 

 point. 



