The spleen is a secondary lymphoid organ with importance in clinical surgery. Due this and the lack of data in the literature, the current paper analyzes the organ´s morphology and segmentation in collared peccaries. Twenty animals were used at the Center for the Multiplication of Wild Animals of the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Ãrido, Mossoró RN Brazil. The spleen was removed with the splenic pedicle p...
Gracilinanus microtarsus is one of the smallest marsupials on earth. Since it spreads seeds, it has great ecological relevance. However, its reproduction data, especially those related to the anatomy of its reproduction apparatus, are scarce in the literature. Current analysis describes the male genital organs of six adult specimens of G. microtarsus. Macroscopic studies were undertaken on dissected organs, whe...
O mão-pelada (Procyon cancrivorus) é um mamífero silvestre de grande importância ecológica por ser dispersor de sementes. A segmentação bronquiopulmonar foi estudada em quatro mão-peladas, fixados em formaldeído a 10%. A lobação pulmonar dos P. cancrivorus segue o padrão dos animais carnívoros domésticos e dos quatis (quatro lobos direitos e dois esquerdos). Os pulmões dos mão-peladas são divididos em lobos: cr...