Cloaca
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A cloaca, pl.: cloacae, or vent, is the rear orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, ca
Cloaca of a red-tailed hawk
Cloaca of a female bird
Cloaca of a male bird
A roseate spoonbill excreting urine in flight
Marsupial mole
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Marsupial moles, from the genus Notoryctes are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found in the Australian interior. They are small burrowing marsupials that anatomically conv
Cloaca
…tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, cartilaginous fish and a few mammals (monotremes, afrosoricids, and marsupial moles) have this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces; this is in contrast to most placental mammals, which have separate orifices for…
A hand book to the marsupialia and monotremata
Cambridge Natural History Mammalia Fig 086
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