Radiography showing the penile bone the clitoris of a French Bulldog.FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL
Though hermaphroditic mammals are not unheard of, most examples of females with testicles are traced to the presence of the SRY gene, normally carried on the Y chromosome and the trigger for the development of male sex traits. But Bijou the French bulldog has no Y chromosome, and no SRY gene, according to researchers at the Université de Montréal Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, marking only the second French bulldog in the world diagnosed with such a condition.
She has a normal vagina and normal uterus, but a disproportionately large clitoris with a baculum (or penile bone), testicles instead of ovaries, and tissue that resembles an un developed prostate.
“She is a female with two X chromosomes and testicles despite the absence of the SRY gene,” ...
