Morphology of the Glans Penis in Four Genera of Molossid Bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

摘要: The morphology of the glans penis is described for Mormopterus jugularis, Molossops planirostris, M. temminckii, Nyctinomops laticaudatus, N. macrotis, Tadarida aegyptiaca , and T. brasiliensis . stout, elongate, pendulous in all seven species. external surface covered with epithelial spines species except where are replaced by rows papillae. Epithelial range size from 100 µm jugularis urinary meatus subterminal a prominent urethral cap examined two A small os present at distal terminus corpora cavernosa laticaudatus restricted to proximal one-half no was found either Although molossids exhibit only modest intraspecific variation penile morphology, considerable intergeneric making these morphological characters potentially useful testing phylogenetic hypotheses.