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Preputial glands are in the penile sheath in front of the penis. They occur in many Mammal, including Canidae, mice, , ,Cave, A. J. E. " The preputial glands of ceratotherium." Mammalia 30.1 (1966): 153-159. and even-toed ungulates and produce . The preputial glands of female animals are sometimes called clitoral glands.
Male Scent marking their territories with urine and preputial gland secretions.Van Heerden, Joseph. " The role of integumental glands in the social and mating behaviour of the hunting dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)." (1981). The preputial glands of male musk deer produce strong-smelling deer musk which is of economic importance, as it is used in .
Some, including Satya Parkash, dispute their existence. While humans may not have true anatomical equivalents, the term may sometimes be used for tiny whitish yellow bumps occasionally found on the glans corona. The proper name for these structures is pearly penile papules (or hirsutoid papillomas). According to detractors, they are not glands, but mere thickenings of the skin and are not involved in the formation of smegma.
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