ischial callosity

Japanese: ischial callosity(英語表記)ischialcallosity
ischial callosity

...The skin on the buttocks that turns red in this way and signals fertility is called "sexual skin."
[Shiridako ischial callosity]
Ischial callosity In Old World monkeys such as the Japanese macaque, there are oval calluses on both sides of the anus (some species have both connected). These are thick, keratinized skin circumscribing the ischial tuberosity, which is developed at the very back of the pelvis, and help stabilize the body when sitting on the ground or a tree branch.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ischial callosity" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…このように発赤して生殖能力を意味する信号となるしりの皮膚を〈性皮sexual skin〉という。
[しりだこischial callosity]
しりだこischial callosityニホンザルなど旧世界のオナガザル類では,肛門の左右両側に楕円形のいわゆるしりだこがある(左右のものがつながっている種類もある)。これは骨盤の最後部に発達した〈坐骨結節〉に外接する皮膚が厚く角質化したもので,地面や木の枝に腰をおろすとき体を安定させるのに役立つ。…

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