AN INTERSEXUAL FIN WHALE BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS (L.) FROM SOUTH GEORGIA

An account is given of an intersexual fin whale where testes associated with a uterus, and a grossly deformed clitoris, are among a number of interesting features described, Whether it is a hermaphrodite or pseudo‐hermaphrodite, and the rarity of similar records in the Cetacea, are briefly discussed...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Main Author: BANNISTER, J. L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1963
Subjects:
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01628.x
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Summary:An account is given of an intersexual fin whale where testes associated with a uterus, and a grossly deformed clitoris, are among a number of interesting features described, Whether it is a hermaphrodite or pseudo‐hermaphrodite, and the rarity of similar records in the Cetacea, are briefly discussed.

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