Sperm Storage in a Tropical Nectar-feeding Bat, Macroglossus Minimus (pteropodidae)
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Histology of a Sexually Dimorphic Integumentary Gland in Macroglossus Lacochilus (chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
—A sexually dimorphic integumentary gland is described in the pteropodid bat, Macroglossus lagochitus. This gland is restricted to males from Central Province (mainland), Papua New Guinea and is not found in either males or females taken from the Bismarck Islands (Manus, New Britain, New Ireland, Duke of York). Histological examination of the glandular structure, which is readily identified ext...
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