Scanning electron microscopic study of the tongue in golden-headed lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Callithrichidae: Primates)

Scanning electron microscopic study of the tongue in golden-headed lion tamarins, Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Callithrichidae: Primates)

Leontopithecus is the largest genus of Callithrichidae, occupying isolated remnants of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. The objective of this study was to investigate the ultrastructure of the dorsum of the tongue of golden-headed lion tamarins. Tongues of ten adult lion tamarins kept in captivity at...

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Main Authors: Carlos Henrique de F. Burity, Mirlene R. da Silva, Andreia M. de Souza, Carla F. F. Lancetta, Mildred F. Medeiros, Alcides Pissinatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2009-06-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Lingual papillae
morphology
New World monkeys
SEM
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000200015

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