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"With the caveat that sperm transfer occurs during the recorded putative copulatory events, this study reveals a novel copulatory pattern in mammals," the authors wrote.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023

The only male amphibians that possess copulatory structures are the caecilians, so fertilization among salamanders typically involves an elaborate and often prolonged courtship.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Remarks on the cloaca and on the copulatory organs of the Amniota.

From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2012

No specialized system of spermathecae, sperm reservoirs, and copulatory apparatus, as in Oligochaeta; development generally through a larval form; reproduction by budding also occurs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

It has thus combined in the male the urethra with the copulatory organ, and the sexual germinal glands, or testicles, with an accessory gland, the epididymis.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste