A description and discussion of the penile morphology of Rhinonicteris aurantius (Gray, 1845) (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae)

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Armstrong, Kyle N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculum; Glans; Penis; Rhinonicteris aurantius; Spike

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847627889     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am05161     Document Type: Review

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