
%0 Journal Article
%A Morrissey, BL 
%A Breed, WG 
%T Variation in External Morphology of  the Glans Penis of Australian  Native Rodents
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1982/08/01
%V 30
%N 4
%P 495-502
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9820495
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9820495 
%X In a scanning electron microscopical study of the surface of the glans penis from some Australian rodents, it was found that most species had a long, thick structure with small dorsally projecting spines. In Pseudomys apodemoides, P. delicatulus and P. novaehollandiae the glans was smaller and thinner, with longer spines, and had a prominent bacular mound. The most divergent penes were found in Notomys alexis, N. fuscus and N. mitchelli, in which the glans was small, with very large spines, and tapered to a narrow tip. By contrast, in N. cervinus and N. longicaudatus the glans was more cylindrical and had a prominent bacular mound. The possible significance of these findings is discussed. 
