Figure 1.
Contrasting kidney anatomy from dry and wet environments. Adapted from Sperber (1944) p. 317. The kidney from the desert rodent Psammomys has a long papilla, while the water dwelling Hydromys has no apparent papilla (Sperber 1944).
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