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   Aspects of reproduction in the seasonally breeding African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. van der Merwe --- Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa N. J. van der Merwe --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa B. L. Penzhorn --- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa

   Monthly collections of the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii, were made in the Kruger National Park. Examination of serially sectioned reproductive tracts of females showed that the African yellow bat is a monoestrous species and that insemination, ovulation and fertilization...

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   Amniogenesis in the African yellow bat, Scotophilus dinganii

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. van der Merwe --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa

   The African yellow house bat, Scotophilus dinganii, was found to be seasonally monestrus, carrying a single foetus in each of the two uterine horns of the bicornuate uterus. Implantation was superficial, with amniogenesis initiated early during embryogenesis. The amnion in...

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