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THF. RABBIT 



tlic ccelomc by a small aperture (/. I') surrounded by a 

 wide, membranous funnel with thin walls and folded margins, 

 which is applied to the outer surface of the corresponding 

 ovar)'. On the ventral or anterior wall of the hinder or 

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

 like body, the ditoris (Fig. 125, <■/), corresponding to the 



Ml,. 735. — The .-Liilerior ciul of the vngiiia, witli tlic riglu iilcrus, Fallopian lulic 

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

 removed, and the proximal end of the left utertts is sho^ti in longitudinal section. 

 //. /. Fallopian tube ; //. t' . its coelomic aperture ; /. ttt. left uterus ; /. ut' . apcr. 

 tnrc of same (os ttleri) into vagina; oi'. right ovary: y. jlt. right uterus; r.ut'. 

 right 05 uteri ; .^. vaginal septum ; tvi, \agina. (From Parker's Zootcjiiy.) 



penis of the male, and conii)osed of two small corpora 

 lavernosa (fig. 134 T', ''. '") attached at their proximal ends 

 to the ischiii. 



The R;\bbll is \ i\ i|i;ir()us. Tlic niliiule o\';t undergo tie- 

 \ I'ldpniciit in till- nleriis, in wliicli iMch ilcNclops iliti) ;l 

 /('7//.f, as the intra-iitcnne embrvn is termed, and is nourishetl 

 b)' means of ;in organ known as the //(^'iV/Ar, which will be 

 (jeseribe(.l in the next chapter. Tlie Noting animal escapes 



