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>From: Brandon Burt <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ferret "Thingies"
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>>It's called a prepuce.
>I think "prepuce" actually just means "foreskin".
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>I thought a ferret thingy was called something like a
>"bacula"
I believe the young lady that first asked the question was referring to the
externally visible "thingy" that's on a male ferret's belly. That is not
his Bacula or Penis, which is normally internal.
In "Biology and Diseases of the Ferret" by James G. Fox, says... "The
prepuce is a fold of skin reflected over the penis, which is hairy on the
external surface but bare within the fold."
So the prepuce is the little "belly-button" looking thing on the tummy of
a male ferret, at least by my understanding.
By the way, in the section on a male ferret's urogenital anatomy, Mr. Fox
does not use the word "bacula" once. While I don't doubt Bob C.'s
accuracy, it doesn't seem to be commonly used to mean penis.
For the ferrets,
Mike
* Michael F. Janke, [log in to unmask]
* Secretary, South Florida Ferret Club & Rescue
* A 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation
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* Visit our shelter's web site: http://www.miamiferret.org
* Visit the Adrenal/Insulinoma web site: http://www.miamiferret.org/FHC
[Posted in FML issue 2750]
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