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Description
This is a guide to the reproductive systems of [some of] the organisms in the "Animalia" kingdom of my cartoons.

All members of Animalia are hermaphrodites, including those that do not have similar reproductive systems as this anthropomorphic one. In all cases, the ovary and teste are the same organ and produce both male and female gametes, depending on the individual's needs. How this is determined is a combination of the environment in which the individual lives, including the interactions it has with other organisms, and the GnRH's controlling of FSH and LH.

Sex :
The male's system produces testosterone and therefore creates spermatozoa to be used during reproduction. The sperm is produced through spermatogenesis, which takes place inside the ovary/teste, begining with the germline epithilium cells of the organ. The maturing sperm travel to the epididymus to continue maturing until they are needed, at which point they will swim down the vas deference and combine with the nutrients produced in the seminal vesicle and the prostate gland, creating semen to be used for fertilization.
The female's system produces estrogen and progesterone and allows the individual to continue the maturation of ovum cells and undergo ovulation and menstruation. Menstruation occurs regularly [depending on average cycles for the individual's body] when the individual is a female, but will stop when the individual's system switches to that of a male.* The mature egg is fertilized within the Fallopian [excuse the misspelling in the diagram] tube, and the resulting zygote travels to the uterus to be implanted into the endometrium and mature into a blastocyte/embryo/fetus until birth, or follows through the individual's tract to become a hard pr soft shelled egg.

Gender:
Androforms are individuals that were born having been male within the womb and therefore generally have more masculine appearances. Androforms lack significant breast tissue (in mammal-descent individuals) or other common "feminine" features.
Gynoforms are individuals that were born having been female within the womb and therefore generally have a more feminine appearance. Gynoforms can have breast tissue (in mammalian-descent individuals) and lack other common "masculine" features. In addition, gynoforms generally have smaller external male reproductive tissue.

*An individual is able to switch the system that they use based on its surroundings; particularly in the presence of a mate. Typically, one partner will fill the male role, while the other fills the female role. An androform can fill the form of a male or a female, and a gynoform may do the same. Both genders can switch their sex several times during their lifetime, but do not tend to when they remain with the same partner.

Fertilization:
While not all animals are able to mate with each other physically, all animals have the ability to produce fertile offspring with any other member of the Animalia kingdom. The reason for this is the universality of DNA and the fact that a large percentage of all of Animalia's members' DNA is shared in any case. The proteins that are encoded for are determined by the combination of DNA based on the potency in the parent's gamete. For example, if a bird should mate with a mammal, the bird's gamete may have a stronger gene for feathers than the mammal's gamete has for fur and the resulting offspring will be born with feathers. This is the case with all phenotypes of an individual. Some individuals carry a gene that allows for their offspring to resemble the parent that provides the gene. For example, should the mammal parent have this gene present in the gamete, the resulting offspring will look completely like the mammal parent despite being half bird (with exceptions in patterns and colors present.)

Description
This is a guide to the reproductive systems of [some of] the organisms in the "Animalia" kingdom of my cartoons.

All members of Animalia are hermaphrodites, including those that do not have similar reproductive systems as this anthropomorphic one. In all cases, the ovary and teste are the same organ and produce both male and female gametes, depending on the individual's needs. How this is determined is a combination of the environment in which the individual lives, including the interactions it has with other organisms, and the GnRH's controlling of FSH and LH.

Sex :
The male's system produces testosterone and therefore creates spermatozoa to be used during reproduction. The sperm is produced through spermatogenesis, which takes place inside the ovary/teste, begining with the germline epithilium cells of the organ. The maturing sperm travel to the epididymus to continue maturing until they are needed, at which point they will swim down the vas deference and combine with the nutrients produced in the seminal vesicle and the prostate gland, creating semen to be used for fertilization.
The female's system produces estrogen and progesterone and allows the individual to continue the maturation of ovum cells and undergo ovulation and menstruation. Menstruation occurs regularly [depending on average cycles for the individual's body] when the individual is a female, but will stop when the individual's system switches to that of a male.* The mature egg is fertilized within the Fallopian [excuse the misspelling in the diagram] tube, and the resulting zygote travels to the uterus to be implanted into the endometrium and mature into a blastocyte/embryo/fetus until birth, or follows through the individual's tract to become a hard pr soft shelled egg.

Gender:
Androforms are individuals that were born having been male within the womb and therefore generally have more masculine appearances. Androforms lack significant breast tissue (in mammal-descent individuals) or other common "feminine" features.
Gynoforms are individuals that were born having been female within the womb and therefore generally have a more feminine appearance. Gynoforms can have breast tissue (in mammalian-descent individuals) and lack other common "masculine" features. In addition, gynoforms generally have smaller external male reproductive tissue.

*An individual is able to switch the system that they use based on its surroundings; particularly in the presence of a mate. Typically, one partner will fill the male role, while the other fills the female role. An androform can fill the form of a male or a female, and a gynoform may do the same. Both genders can switch their sex several times during their lifetime, but do not tend to when they remain with the same partner.

Fertilization:
While not all animals are able to mate with each other physically, all animals have the ability to produce fertile offspring with any other member of the Animalia kingdom. The reason for this is the universality of DNA and the fact that a large percentage of all of Animalia's members' DNA is shared in any case. The proteins that are encoded for are determined by the combination of DNA based on the potency in the parent's gamete. For example, if a bird should mate with a mammal, the bird's gamete may have a stronger gene for feathers than the mammal's gamete has for fur and the resulting offspring will be born with feathers. This is the case with all phenotypes of an individual. Some individuals carry a gene that allows for their offspring to resemble the parent that provides the gene. For example, should the mammal parent have this gene present in the gamete, the resulting offspring will look completely like the mammal parent despite being half bird (with exceptions in patterns and colors present.)