Reproductive anatomy of the female Amazonian manatee Trichechus inunguis natterer, 1883 (Mammalia: Sirenia)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-564

  Rodrigues, Fernanda Rosa ^a,d   Da Silva, Vera Maria Ferreira ^a   Barcellos, José Fernando Marques ^b   Lazzarini, Stella Maris ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Balbina Hydroelectric Company   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian manatee; Anatomy; Ovary; Trichechus inunguis; Uterus

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HYMEN; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN; VAGINA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS;

MAMMALIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHUS INUNGUIS;

EID: 43149102285     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20688     Document Type: Article

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