2002年10月
Functional morphology of the mastication muscles in the lesser and greater mouse deer
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
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- 巻
- 64
- 号
- 10
- 開始ページ
- 901
- 終了ページ
- 905
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1292/jvms.64.901
- 出版者・発行元
- JAPAN SOC VET SCI
The mastication muscles were examined in the lesser (Tragulus javanicus) and greater mouse deer (Tragulus napu) to clarify the form of the mastication muscles in these primitive artiodactyls. The M. masseter was well-developed in both species, however the attachment area of its origin was not confirmed in the rostral facial part. The masseter bundles were not observed on the lateral side of the maxilla bone, and their origin was restricted to the zygomatic arch area. This suggests that the M. masseter may not act as a motor raising the mandible rostro-dorsally, but pull the insertion vertically unlike the highly derived grazer of Bovidae. The Crista temporalis was weak and the M. temporalis was thin in the mouse deer, and this indicates that the M. temporalis may not be important in the mastication in the primitive artiodactyls. These findings suggest that the browser such as mouse deer has been adapted for the feeding on soft leaves, and functional-morphologically different in mastication strategy from the grazer such as developed Bovidae species. The architecture of the mastication muscles was not different between the two species. However, in the muscle weight ratios per body weight, the M. temporalis and the M. digastricus were significantly smaller in greater mouse deer than in lesser mouse deer.
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- DOI : 10.1292/jvms.64.901
- ISSN : 0916-7250
- PubMed ID : 12419866
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000179072500006