1907.] 



STRUCTURE OP THE MAMMAL GALIDICTIS. 



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§ Organs of Reproduction. 



The specimen of Galidictis striata which I dissected was a female. 

 The organs (text-fig. 215) showed at least one remarkable pecu- 

 liarity. That is, the uterus was completely double. As will be 

 seen from the annexed drawing, the cornua of the uterus come 

 together in the middle line posteiuorly ; but instead of being 

 blended into one tube their distinctness is quite obvious, and is 

 marked by a median depression. This is also emphasised by the 

 distribution of the blood-vessels which supply each uterus sepa- 

 rately, as well as giving ofi" a median trunk wLii'h lies in the 



Text-fiff. 215. 



Ovaries, Uteri, and Vagina of Galidictis striata. 



The right-liaud figure represents more liigUy magnified the opening of the 

 uteri into the vagina. 



A. Uterus, a. Orifices of uteri. B. Region vrhere the two uteri are enclosed in 

 a common sheath. C. Projection of ores uteri into vagina. D. Vagina. 



furrow between the two xiteri. A dissection confirms this view of 

 the structure of the oviducal tube. At the junction with the vagina 

 there were two distinct and quite separate ores uteri. They were 

 borne, however, upon the same projection, and, as the figure shows, 

 lay on each side of this projecting mass. It was of course easy to 

 pass a probe into each utei-us, and their non-eommunication was 



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