Gerbil Reproduction - Anatomy & Physiology

BACK TO REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM BACK TO SMALL DOMESTIC MAMMALS

Male

• Active spermiogenesis and mating apparent from 10 weeks of age.
• Anogenital distance in the adult is ~10mm (twice that of the female).
• In the young animal, scrotum is obvious and dark in colour.
• Abdominal sebacious gland is large and apparent at ~4 weeks.

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Female

• Bicornuate uterus
• Two channels of the cervix separated almost to the single entrance into the vagina.