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Noninvasive measuring of operational tongue length in callitrichids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317098 |
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| Authors | Eckhard W Heymann (0000-0002-4259-8018, German Primate Center, corresponding author), Foelke von der Lage (German Primate Center) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 139 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 430-433 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.21038 |
| PMID | 19350620 |
| OpenAlex | W2008034858 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Callitrichids use their tongue in various social, ecological, and hygienic contexts. Using a noninvasive measuring device, we obtained data on the operational tongue length (OTL) in seven species from the family Callitrichidae. OTL (defined as the maximum tongue extension into the device) varied significantly between species and the width of the device, but did not correlate with mandible length; it is smaller in relation to mandible length in Leontopithecus chrysomelas compared to species from the genera Saguinus and Callithrix . Current information does not allow concluding which of the various functions of the tongue is selecting for tongue length. Am J Phys Anthropol 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Biology · Callithrix · Callitrichidae · Evolutionary biology · Flexibility (engineering) · Genus · Mandible (arthropod mouthpart) · Pathology · Primate · Statistics · Tongue · Zoology · Anatomy · Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior · Bat Biology and Ecology Studies · Ecology · Mathematics · Medicine · Orthodontics · Primate Behavior and Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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