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Tongues of Noctilionoidea, families Mormoopidae, Thyropteridae, and Furipteridae; (a) Oval and grooved fungiform (F) surrounded by crown filiform papillae (C) in Pteronotus rubiginosus; (b) Globular fungiform (F) surrounded by short and pointed strictly filiform papillae (FL) in Thyroptera wynneae; (c) Posterior region with large medial circumvallate with prominent sulcus (S) and surrounding integument (I), and triangular filiform papillae (T) in Furipterus horrens; and (d) Striclty filiform papillae at the apex in F. horrens.
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Comparative morphological characters in Neotropical bats are mostly restricted to external and cranio-dentary complexes, and few studies focusing on other morphological complexes have been carried out. In the case of tongue morphology, comparative analyses of the structure have been restricted to the superfamily Noctilionoidea with a wide range of...
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... and one lateral, of typical circumvallate papillae, are present with a prominent membrane surrounding the groove. The lateral circumvallate papillae is slightly anterior to that of the dorsal. Anterior to the dorsal circumvallate papillae, the dorsal and lateral portions of the tongue are covered by transverse lines of crown filiform papillae (Fig. 4A), mingled with scattered fungiform papillae. The latter is distinct from other fungiform papillae in having a sulcus, being very wide and oval-shaped (Fig. 4A), while the anteriormost fungiform papillae are typically globular. From the apex to the middle, the tongue is dorsally and laterally covered by digitiform filiform papillae (Fig. ...
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... anterior to that of the dorsal. Anterior to the dorsal circumvallate papillae, the dorsal and lateral portions of the tongue are covered by transverse lines of crown filiform papillae (Fig. 4A), mingled with scattered fungiform papillae. The latter is distinct from other fungiform papillae in having a sulcus, being very wide and oval-shaped (Fig. 4A), while the anteriormost fungiform papillae are typically globular. From the apex to the middle, the tongue is dorsally and laterally covered by digitiform filiform papillae (Fig. 2G) that are directed. There is a dorsal island of giant papillae near the apex, and they are bulbous and slightly bifid at the posterior edge (Fig. ...
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... papillae stand out with a large and salient membrane surrounding the groove, and the posterior portion of the tongue is covered by pointed and monofid basal filiform papillae (Fig. 2I). The middle region is dorsally covered by small, monofid, and pointed strictly filiform papillae mingled with many globular and large fungiform papillae (Fig. ...
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... between 2.3 and 2.8. No dorsal lobe or salience at the middle portion of the tongue was observed. The lateral and posterior regions of the tongue, dorsally, are naked, consisting of only a pair of prominent circumvallate papillae. Anterior to these circumvallate papillae, a series of dorsal and lateral triangular filiform papillae are present (Fig. 4C). The anterior region of the tongue, from the apex to the middle, is covered by strictly filiform papillae; they are long, filamentous (Fig. 4D), and posteriorly directed from the apex, and become shorter, monofid, and concentrically directed at the middle region. There are no basal filiform papillae. Fungiform papillae, when present, ...
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... dorsally, are naked, consisting of only a pair of prominent circumvallate papillae. Anterior to these circumvallate papillae, a series of dorsal and lateral triangular filiform papillae are present (Fig. 4C). The anterior region of the tongue, from the apex to the middle, is covered by strictly filiform papillae; they are long, filamentous (Fig. 4D), and posteriorly directed from the apex, and become shorter, monofid, and concentrically directed at the middle region. There are no basal filiform papillae. Fungiform papillae, when present, are ...
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