OCCURRENCE OF PLACENTAL SCARS IN THE UTERUS OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT (LOXODONTA AFRICANA)
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 14 (3) , 445-449
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0140445
Abstract
Placental scars were recorded in the uteri of 44 non-pregnant mature elephants. Some 159 scars were observed averaging 3.6female (range 1 to 9). They were almost equally distributed between the right and left cornua, and the distribution of implantation sites is illustrated. The relationbetweenestimated ages of the elephants and the number of placental scars they show indicates a mean calving interval of about 4 years but there is evidence that the calving interval has increased inrecent years.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The reproduction of the African elephant, Loxodonta AfricanaPhilosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 1953