Morphology of the female reproductive organs of sea otters (Enhydra lutris L.)
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"The purpose of this study was to investigate the gross and microscopic anatomy of the reproductive organs of the female sea otter (Enhydra lutris L.) and relate them to the reproductive cycle. Emphasis has been given to ovarian histology. Although the value of the sea otter has been known to fur hunters for over two centuries, very little is known about this animal. Barabash-Nikiforov (1947) noted that sea otters have lentioulate shaped ovaries. Pearson (1952) studied a single pregnant sea otter and noted that the ovaries have irregular surface and subsurface fissures, besides the small Graafian follicles and a corpus luteun. The uterus was bipartite. Lensink (1962) briefly described reproduction in sea otters, based upon field observations."--Introduction.
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