MORPHOLOGY OF THE SCENT GLAND IN THE VOLE

The presence of the scent glands were examined macroscopically and his tologically in the Japanese vole, Microtus montebelli and the Hungaria n vole, Microtus arvalis. A pair of scent glands were observed on the buttocks of the Japanese vole as the oval nodules with yellowish color ed skin. The size of the glands was larger in males than in females. H istologically, the glands were composed of the aggregation of many aci ni of sebaceous glands. The epidermis above the scent glands were thic ker than that in the other areas. In the Hungarian vole, no such gland could be detected with macroscopical and histological examinations.