Editing Glans penis (section)

==Other animals==

=== Mammals ===
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==== Carnivores ====
Male [[felid]]s are able to [[Urination#Felidae|urinate backwards]] by curving the tip of the glans penis backward.<ref name="Ewer1973"/><ref name="Mathur2010">{{cite book |last=Mathur |first=Reena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKXOCgoI6D8C&q=curved+backward |title=Animal Behaviour 3/e |publisher=Rastogi Publications |year=2010 |isbn=978-81-7133-747-7 |access-date=10 February 2013}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In cats, the glans penis is covered with spines. [[Penile spines]] also occur on the glans of male and female [[spotted hyena]]s.<ref name="Ewer1973">{{cite book |last=Ewer |first=R. F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IETMd3-lSlkC&q=glans&pg=PA116 |title=The Carnivores |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-8014-8493-3 |pages=116– |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> In male dogs the glans penis is smooth and consists of two parts called the ''[[bulbus glandis]]'' and ''pars longa glandis''.<ref name="EvansLahunta2013">{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Howard E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eBOAQAAQBAJ&q=%28%22glans%22+OR+%22bulbus+glandis%22+OR+%22pars+longa+glandis%22%29 |title=Miller's Anatomy of the Dog |last2=de Lahunta |first2=Alexander |date=7 August 2013 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |isbn=978-0-323-26623-9}}</ref> The glans of a [[Fossa (animal)|fossa]]'s penis extends about halfway down the shaft and [[penile spines|is spiny]] except at the tip. In comparison, the [[Penis|glans of felids]] is short and spiny, while that of [[Viverridae|viverrids]] is smooth and long.<ref name="1986Köhncke">{{cite journal | last1 = Köhncke | first1 = M. | last2 = Leonhardt | first2 = K. | title = ''Cryptoprocta ferox'' | journal = [[Mammalian Species]] | issue = 254 | pages = 1–5 | year = 1986 | doi = 10.2307/3503919 | jstor = 3503919 | url = http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-254-01-0001.pdf | access-date = 19 May 2010 | archive-date = 21 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100621003457/http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-254-01-0001.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> 

==== Rodents ====
The glans penis of the [[marsh rice rat]] is long and robust,<ref name="HM13">Hooper and Musser, 1964, p.&nbsp;13</ref> averaging {{cvt|7.3|mm}} long and {{cvt|4.6|mm}} broad.<ref>Hooper and Musser, 1964, table&nbsp;1</ref> [[Winkelmann's mouse]] can most readily be distinguished from its close relatives by its partially corrugated glans penis.<ref name="Bradley1987">{{cite journal |author1=Bradley, R.D. |author2=Schmidley, D.J. | year = 1987 | title = The glans penes and bacula in Latin American taxa of the ''Peromyscus boylii'' group | journal = Journal of Mammalogy | volume = 68 | issue = 3 | pages = 595–615 | jstor=1381595 | doi=10.2307/1381595}}</ref> In ''[[Thomasomys ucucha]]'', the glans penis is rounded, short, and small and is superficially divided into left and right halves by a trough at the top and a ridge at the bottom. Most of the glans is covered with spines, except for an area near the tip.<ref>Voss, 2003, p.&nbsp;11</ref> The glans penis of a male [[cape ground squirrel]] is large with a prominent [[baculum]].<ref name="Skurski2005">Skurski, D., J. Waterman. 2005. "Xerus inauris", ''Mammalian Species'' 781:1-4.</ref>

==== Perissodactyls ====
When erect, the glans of a [[horse's penis]] increases by 3 to {{nowrap|4 times}}. The [[urethra]] opens within the [[urethral fossa]], a small pouch at the distal end of the glans.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Stallion: Breeding Soundness Examination & Reproductive Anatomy|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison|url=http://www.wisc.edu/ansci_repro/101equinelab/reproduction/stallion_exam.html|access-date=7 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716140038/http://www.wisc.edu/ansci_repro/101equinelab/reproduction/stallion_exam.html|archive-date=2007-07-16}}</ref> Unlike the human glans, the glans of a horse's penis extends backwards on its shaft.<ref>{{cite book|title=Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEgy1tHA7b0C&q=glans+stallion|access-date=5 May 2013|date=30 June 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-00001-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-YhIvDgfJoC&q=glans |title=McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians - Joanna M Bassert, Dennis M McCurnin - Google Boeken |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-1-4557-2884-8 |last1=Bassert |first1=Joanna M |last2=McCurnin |first2=Dennis M |date=2013-04-01 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXhcr53lkbwC&q=glans |title=Horseman's Veterinary Encyclopedia, Revised and Updated - Equine Research - Google Boeken |date=2005-07-01 |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-0-7627-9451-5 |last1=Research |first1=Equine |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cu-XUjVS85QC&q=glans |title=Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction - Graham Munroe BVSc (Hons) PhD Cert EO DESM Dip ECVS FRCVS, Scott Weese DVM DVSc DipACVIM - Google Boeken |date=2011-03-15 |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-1-84076-608-0 |last1=Weese |first1=Scott |last2=Graham Munroe |first2=Dr |last3=Munroe |first3=Graham |publisher=CRC Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoXiBjSp368C&q=glans |title=Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic Mammals: Textbook and Colour Atlas - Google Boeken |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-3-7945-2485-3 |last1=König |first1=Horst Erich |last2=Hans-Georg |first2=Hans-Georg |last3=Bragulla |first3=H |year=2007 |publisher=Schattauer Verlag }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krD1bAEqypcC&q=glans |title=Horse Conformation: Structure, Soundness, and Performance - Equine Research - Google Boeken |access-date=2013-08-16 |isbn=978-1-59228-487-0 |last1=Hedge |first1=Juliet |year=2004 |publisher=Lyons Press }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyHr4hVs0m0C&q=glans |title=The Horse - Google Boeken |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-0-7167-1811-6 |last1=Evans |first1=Warren J |last2=Borton |first2=Anthony |last3=Hintz |first3=Harold |last4=Dale Van Vleck |first4=L |date=1990-02-15 |publisher=Macmillan }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6iNdSk7gPf4C&q=glans+horse |title=Comparative Reproductive Biology - Heide Schatten, Gheorghe M. Constantinescu - Google Boeken |date=2008-03-21 |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-0-470-39025-2 |last1=Schatten |first1=Heide |last2=Constantinescu |first2=Gheorghe M |publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPJQT6-g-YMC&q=glans |title=Equine Reproduction - Google Boeken |access-date=2013-08-16|isbn=978-0-470-96187-2 |last1=McKinnon |first1=Angus O |last2=Squires |first2=Edward L |last3=Vaala |first3=Wendy E |last4=Varner |first4=Dickson D |date=2011-07-05 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons }}</ref>

==== Marsupials, monotremes and bats ====
The shape of the glans varies among different [[marsupial]] species.<ref name="Society1978">{{cite book|author=Australian Mammal Society|title=Australian Mammal Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_ifwszrgFsC&q=marsupial+%22glans%22&pg=PA73|access-date=25 December 2012|date=December 1978|publisher=Australian Mammal Society|pages=73–}}</ref><ref name="OsgoodHerrick1921">{{cite book |last1=Osgood |first1=Wilfred Hudson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Ag9AAAAYAAJ&q=marsupial+%22glans%22&pg=PA64 |title=A monographic study of the American marsupial, Caēnolestes … |last2=Herrick |first2=Charles Judson |publisher=University of Chicago |year=1921 |pages=64– |access-date=25 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="The Urologic and Cutaneous Review">{{cite book|title=The Urologic and Cutaneous Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nApEAAAAYAAJ&q=marsupial+%22glans%22&pg=PA677|access-date=25 December 2012|year=1920|publisher=Urologic & Cutaneous Press|pages=677–}}</ref> In most marsupials, the glans is divided, but male [[Macropodidae|macropods]] have an undivided glans penis.<ref name="Renfree1987">{{cite book|last=Renfree|first=Marilyn|title=Reproductive Physiology of Marsupials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpjovN0vXW4C|access-date=5 May 2013|date=1987-01-30|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-33792-2|author2=Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe}}</ref> 

The glans penis is also divided into two parts in [[platypus]]es and [[echidna]]s.<ref name="Griffiths2012">{{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=Mervyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7nu16_DkTgC&q=glans |title=The Biology of the Monotremes |date=2 December 2012 |publisher=Elsevier Science |isbn=978-0-323-15331-7}}</ref><ref name="Hyman1992">{{cite book |last=Hyman |first=Libbie Henrietta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKlWjdOkiMwC&q=glans |title=Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy |date=15 September 1992 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-87013-7}}</ref>

Males of [[Racey's pipistrelle bat]] have a narrow, egg-shaped glans penis.<ref>Bates et al., 2006, pp.&nbsp;306–307</ref>