Scanning Electron Microscopic Study on the Lingual Papillae in the Manchurian Chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus asiaticus

Light and scanning electron microscopy of the tongue of a degu (Octodon degus)

“…The circumpapillary sulcus of the vallate papilla in the capybara , Middle East blind mole rat (Kilinc et al 2010), Manchurian chipmunk (Kobayashi et al 1992), American beaver (Shindo et al 2006), hazel dormouse (Wolczuk 2014) and porcupine (Atalar and Karan 2011) formed a complete ring, whereas in the degu, agouti (Ciena et al 2013), Japanese grass vole (Emura et al 1999) or Patagonian cavy (Emura et al 2011) it was interrupted, thus forming two arches (grooves).…”

“…The lingual prominence was formed similarly as in the agouti (Ciena et al 2013), Middle East blind mole rat (Kilinc et al 2010), Patagonian cavy (Emura et al 2011), American beaver (Shindo et al 2006), bank vole (Jackowiak ans Godynicki 2005) and porcupine (Atalar and Karan 2011). Compared to these species, an inconspicuous lingual prominence was described in the Manchurian chipmunk (Kobayashi et al 1992). This supports a theory by Sonntag (1924), who considered the rodents of the Sciuridae family as a primitive group of rodents.…”

“…Emura et al (2001) also reported two vallate papillae on the tongue of the nutria, Emura et al (2011) on the tongue of the Patagonian cavy and Atalar and Karan (2011) on the tongue of the porcupine. In comparison, tongues of the Japanese dormouse (Kubota and Togawa 1966), Manchurian chipmunk (Kobayashi et al 1992) and American beaver (Shindo et al 2006) contained three vallate papillae. Three vallate papillae surrounded by conical papillae were observed in the hazel dormouse (Wolczuk, 2014).…”

“…Previous studies of the microscopic structure of the tongue in rodents have described all five standard types of lingual papillae (filiform, conical, fungiform, vallate and foliate) in the house mouse, Mus musculus (Kobayashi et al 1989), Patagonian cavy, Dolichotis patagonum (Emura et al 2011), hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius (Wolczuk 2014), Manchurian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus (Kobayashi et al 1992) and bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus (Jackowiak and Godynicki 2005). Filiform, fungiform, vallate and foliate papillae have been found in the agouti, Dasyprocta aguti (Ciena et al 2013), capybara, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris , American beaver, Castor canadensis (Shindo et al 2006), nutria, Myocastor coypus (Emura et al 2001), large vesper mouse, Calomys callosus (Watanabe et al 1997), porcupine, Hystrix cristata ) and Japanese dormouse, Glirus japonicus (Kubota and Togawa 1966).…”

“…Scanning electron microscopic studies of the tongue have already been performed on agouti, Dasyprocta aguti (Ciena et al 2013), capybara, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris , Patagonian cavy, Dolichotis patagonum (Emura et al 2011), nutria, Myocastor coypus (Emura et al 2001), large vesper mouse, Calomys callosus (Watanabe et al 1997), porcupine, Hystrix cristata (Atalar and Karan 2011), Middle East blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi (Kilinc et al 2010), house-mouse, Mus musculus (Kobayashi et al 1989), Manchurian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus (Kobayashi et al 1992), Japanese grass vole, Microtus montebelli (Emura et al 1999), guinea pig, Cavia porcellus (Sakr et al 2013), American beaver, Castor canadensis (Shindo et al 2006), hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius (Wolczuk 2014).…”