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An adult captive male grasscutter weighing 8.50 kg was presented for dissection and research. At necropsy, uterus bicornis was present and well developed testes were foundin the abdominal cavity. The uterine tubes, uterine horns, cervix and cranial vagina contained a yellowish-brown cheesy fluid. There was no evidence that ovaries werepresent in the specimen. Histologically, the testes showed a well-developed histoarchitecture while the uterus had thin myometrium, atypical endometrial mucosa and lacked coiled uterine glands. The epithelium in the cranial vagina was also hypoplastic, while the smooth muscle layers of the muscularis were scanty. This is the first reported case of pseudohermaphroditism in the greater cane rat. |
