Dental anomalies in the gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus and the fox Vulpes vulpes

• Autorzy: Gisburne T. J. , Feldhamer G. A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We examined dental anomalies, including oligodonty, polydonty, connation, rotation, and misalignment in 510 gray foxes and 150 red foxes from southern Illinois (USA). Dental anomalies were significantly more common (x 2 = 11.5, df = 1,p < 0.001) in gray foxes (n = 177; 34.7% of sample) than red foxes (n = 25; 16.6% of sample), and more common in male than female gray foxes (x 2 = 3.88, df = 1,p < 0.05). Polydonty was very uncommon, as expected for species in which the normal dental complement is close to the primitive eutherian number. In both species, the most prevalent anomaly was loss of the last lower molar. Loss of the upper or lower first premolar was also common. Thus, oligodonty almost always involved the smaller anterior (P1 and P1) or posterior (M3) teeth of the dental arcade. Conversely, the large carnassial teeth, with complex occlusal patterns and shearing surfaces, appeared to be highly conserved with only three anomalous individuals (0.4%) among all specimens.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

dental anomaly; gray fox; red fox; Urocyon cinereoargenteus; Vulpes vulpes; anomaly; dentition

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: 50
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.515-520,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gisburne T. J.

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6501, USA

autor

Feldhamer G. A.

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