Abstract
The spermatic cords of 24 representative marsupial species have been examined
for the presence of a rete mirabile. In the great majority, a well-developed rete,
consisting of many parallel arteries and veins enclosed within fibrous and cremasteric
muscle sheaths, was present, and it is suggested that this finding is of some taxonomic
value, since no similar structure has been observed in eutherian mammals (Harrison
1949). The functional significance of this rete mirabile is discussed.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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