Light and Scanning Electron Microscope Studies of the Tongue of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)

Selim, Atteyat; Samir, Rania

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“…The current study was carried out with the European badger and revealed the presence of filiform papillae on the whole surface of the tongue (mostly at the tip and middle tongue). These papillae were similar both in terms of type and location to the meerkat [21], raccoon dog and fox tongue [17]. In the present study, another finding related to the filiform papillae was the presence of keratinized areas in these papillae, which is consistent with the finding reported by Selim and Samir [15].…”

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“…In addition, these papillae are seen on the ventral surface of the tongue, especially lateral edges in the tiger [18], in puma [19], young lion [16] and silver fox [7]. These papillae are located on the median channel of the dorsal surface of the tongue and have a similar to the hook of a meerkat [21]. These papillae have different types (bifurcation, papule-like, cylindrical, conical and blunt) in pumas [19].…”

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Morphological structure of the tongue of the European badger (Meles meles)

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Morphological structure of the tongue of the European badger (Meles meles)

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“…In terms of type and location, these papillae were similar to the meerkat, ferret and fox tongue (Emura et al 2006;Erdoğan et al 2016). Another finding related to the filiform papillae was the detection of keratinized areas in these papillae, which is in agreement with the finding obtained Selim and Samir (2018), who investigated the features of the tongue in the same species. The last type of papillae in this study had a hook shape, which is different from the literature on the mongoose.…”

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“…In this study, the length and shape of the mongoose tongue measured different from those of the mongoose found in Egypt. This length of the tongue 61.97 mm for the male and 59.71 mm for the female mongoose, which are twice the tongue length of the mongooses in the Egypt (Selim and Samir, 2018). Furthermore, in contrast to the thick apex and lateral edges of the tongue body of the mongoose living in Egypt (Selim and Samir, 2018), in this study, these structures were thin and as similar to those of the cat tongue (Sarma et al, 2009).…”

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“…There are many studies concerning the tongues of different animals in the literature, including those on cats (Sarma et al, 2009), fox (Jackowiak and Godynicki, 2004), pig (Atalar and Karan, 2011;Karan et al, 2011), mouse (Toprak, 2006), bear and panther (Emura et al, 2001), dog (Emura et al, 2000), deer (Erdogan and Perez, 2014), mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi) (Iwasaki and Miyata, 1989) and Herpestes ichneumon living in Eygpt (Selim and Samir, 2018). The aim of this study was to determine the possible histological, SEM or morphological changes in the tongue of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon L., 1758) found in Turkey in suitable ecological conditions for this species that originates from Africa.…”

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SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC (SEM), HISTOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE MONGOOSE (Herpestes ichneumon L., 1758) TONGUE IN SOUTH TURKEY

Haligür¹,

Özkadif²,

Alan³

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This study aimed to investigate the scanning electron microscopic (SEM), histological and morphological characteristics of the tongue and papillae in Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon L, 1758). The tongues of two (one female, one male) dead mongoose tongue was used as material. The tongues of the mongooses were removed via the dissection method and morphometric measurements were taken. The tongues were fixed in 10% buffered formalin solution. Scanning electron microscopy and histological analyses were performed. According to the results, there were four types of papillae; filiform, fungiform, vallate, and foliate. The filiform papillae differed in terms of type and location on the tongue. It was seen that the filiform papillae had an arrow shape in the lateral cuts. The filiform type was observed on the tip of the tongue, both filiform and bound types on the middle of the tongue and both conic and hook types on the root. The foliate papillae were located laterally in the tongues and did not have ducts. There were four vallate papillae in the tongue of the male mongoose and three vallate papillae in that of the female mongoose. This study presents the first SEM, histological and morphological analyses of the tongue and its papillae in the Egyptian mongoose found in Turkey.

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Tongue microarchitecture and functional characterization of the lingual papillae in the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus)

Massoud,

AbdRabou,

Fouda

et al. 2023

J Exp Zool Pt A

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The present work attempted to provide a comprehensive description of the morphoanatomical, histological, and ultrastructural characteristics of the tongue in the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus), and to correlate lingual modifications to the feeding lifestyle. Five adult male hedgehogs were utilized in our investigation. The macroscopic observations revealed elongated, with a moderately pointed apex, tongue and the tongue dorsum lacks both lingual prominence and median sulcus. The main subdivisions of the tongue are radix linguae (root), corpus linguae (body), and apex linguae (apex). The tongue dorsum carries two types of mechanical (conical and filiform) and gustatory (fungiform and circumvallate) papillae. The lingual apex is characterized by the existence of a unique encapsulated muscular structure. Additionally, the lingual glands were interposed between the muscular strands and no lingual glands were detected on the lingual apex. The dorsal surface of the lingual apex exhibited the highest level of keratinization as revealed by histochemical staining while the root showed moderate staining. The topography of the tongue was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The obtained results are important to provide basic knowledge that can contribute to better understanding of the nourishment, feeding habits and behavior in this species. Furthermore, the addition of the newly investigated species may help us to determine the evolutionary relationships among species.

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Light and Scanning Electron Microscope Studies of the Tongue of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)

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Morphological structure of the tongue of the European badger (Meles meles)

Morphological structure of the tongue of the European badger (Meles meles)

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC (SEM), HISTOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE MONGOOSE (Herpestes ichneumon L., 1758) TONGUE IN SOUTH TURKEY

Tongue microarchitecture and functional characterization of the lingual papillae in the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus)

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