524 THE RABBIT chap. 



the coelome by a small aperture (/. /') surrounded by a 

 wide, membranous funnel with thin walls and folded margins, 

 which is applied to the outer surface of the corresponding 

 ovary. On the ventral or anterior wall of the hinder or 

 proximal end of the urinogenital canal is a small, hard, rod- 

 like body, the clitoris (Fig. 125, c/), corresponding to the 



Fig. 135. — The anterior end of the vagina, with the right uterus, Fallopian tube 

 and ovary of the Rabbit (nat. size). Part of the ventral wall of the vagina is 

 removed, and the proximal end of the left uterus is shown in longitudinal section. 

 fl. t. Fallopian tube ; ^. t'. its coelomic aperture ; /. ut. left uterus ; /. ut'. aper- 

 ture of same (os uteri) into vagina; (yu, right ovary ; r. ut. right uterus ; r. ut' . 

 right OS uteri ; s. vaginal septum ; va. vagina. (From Parker's Zootomy^ 



penis of the male, and composed of two small coi-pora 

 cavernosa (Fig. 134 B, c. c) attached at their proximal ends 

 to the ischia. 



The Rabbit is viviparous. The minute ova undergo de- 

 velopment in the uterus, in which each develops into a 

 fcetus, as the intra-uterine embryo is termed, and is nourished 

 by means of an organ known as the placenta, which will be 

 described in the next chapter. The young animal escapes 



