Clinical Anatomy of the European Hamster 
Table 16a. Weight and size of left vesicular gland (N = 5^ ) 
Time of death 
Length 
in mm 
Breadth 
in mm 
Depth 
in mm 
Weight 
in mg 
Weight 
in % 
January (WH) 
X 
5.80 
2.80 
1.15 
14 
0.003 
s 
0.74 
1.03 
0.21 
10 
0.003 
January (H) 
X 
11.92 
2.84 
1.32 
39 
0.010 
s 
6.34 
0.87 
0.78 
31 
0.008 
May (WH) 
X 
21.62 
7.62 
3.44 
441 
0.097 
s 
4.54 
1.73 
0.59 
40 
0.034 
May (H) 
X 
24.78 
9.36 
5.06 
670 
0.159 
s 
3.74 
1.67 
0.98 
270 
0.052 
October (WH) 
X 
9.04 
6.12 
2.94 
102 
0.030 
s 
1.17 
1.34 
0.37 
32 
0.008 
Table 17. Weight and size of bulbourethral gland (N = 5^ ) 
Time of death 
Length 
in mm 
Breadth 
in mm 
Depth 
in mm 
Weight 
in mg 
Weight 
in % 
January (WH) 
X 
2.83 
1.97 
0.90 
4 
0.001 
s 
0.38 
0.71 
0.40 
3 
0.001 
January (H) 
X 
5.16 
2.94 
1.78 
31 
0.007 
s 
3.97 
1.03 
0.51 
34 
0.008 
May (WH) 
X 
11.18 
9.10 
3.66 
365 
0.079 
s 
3.33 
0.95 
1.13 
137 
0.016 
May (H) 
X 
19.38 
12.16 
4.22 
630 
0.148 
s 
5.90 
3.29 
0.91 
150 
0.024 
October (WH) 
X 
6.10 
2.12 
1.36 
10 
0.003 
s 
2.04 
0.49 
0.56 
5 
0.001 
200 
