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| Burda, H.; Ulehlova, L.; Branis, M. | |
| Morphology of the middle and inner ear in two Panthera species - P. tigris and P. onca | |
| 1984 Vestnik Ceskoslovenske spolecnosti zoologicke (48): 9-13 | |
The authors describe the morphological structure and present some morphometrical characteristics of the peripheral auditory organ (bully tympanica, eardrum, and auditory ossicles of the middle ear; basilar membrane, spiral ligament, and the population of hair cells of the organ of Corti of the inner ear) in two Panthera species - the tiger and the jaguar. It is for the first time that the inner ear of any felid other than the domestic cat has been studied by means of the method of total surface specimens. The morphological findings are discussed also in terms of hearing capabilities of the examined species. |
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