Age-related changes in the teeth of two bat species: dental wear, pulp cavity and dentine growth layers

• Autorzy: Gol'din P. , Godlevska L. , Ghazali M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

As bats are long-lived mammals, insight into the age of individuals is important for studies relating to population ecology and conservation biology, as well as longevity. Thus, there is a need to develop methods to estimate the age of bats, and teeth are excellent means to do so. The work detailed here involves an assessment of age-related changes and variation in tooth wear, dentine growth layers, and pulp cavity size in two bat species with differing life history strategies, i.e. Nyctalus noctula (n = 149) and Eptesicus serotinus (n = 49). Both the gross morphology and the histology of teeth in both species were found to display age-related variation. Morphological indicators like tooth wear and pulp-cavity size showed considerable variation at the individual level, and corresponding with broadly defined age categories. Dentine growth layering was consistent with presumed age and had annual growth layers in both species, along with accessory layers. Aspects of interpreting growth layers and tooth wear based on photographs and histological preparations associated with observer bias are important to consider, as are the sampling of multiple readings.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 20
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.519-530,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gol'din P.

• Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15 Bogdan Khmelnytskyi Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine

autor

Godlevska L.

• Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15 Bogdan Khmelnytskyi Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine

autor

Ghazali M.

• Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 15 Bogdan Khmelnytskyi Street, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine

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DOI

10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.2.022