Storage of spermatozoa in the female genital tract of the vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi
- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 54 (2) , 319-321
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0540319
Abstract
Spermatozoa were observed in all parts of the genital tract in females killed in Jan., Feb., March and April although copulation occurs only until early Feb. The spermatozoa were arranged linearly with their heads oriented towards the epithelial lining.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Reproductive cycles of the flat-headed bats Tylonycteris pachypus and T. robustula (Chiroptera: Vespertilioninae) in a humid equatorial environmentZoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1972