Anatomo-radiographic description of the axial skeleton of the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)
| Autor: | Janaína D. Barisson, Cristiane H. Louro, Sheila J.T. Dias, Flávio S. Jojima, Murilo S. Ferreira, Fabrício S. Oliveira |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, Vol 32, Iss suppl 1, Pp 01-03 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-5150 0100-736X |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0100-736X2012001300001 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to describe the axial skeleton of a wild Brazilian carnivorous, the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). Five specimens of crab-eating fox were previously unfrozen for radiographic exams and their bones went through dissection and chemical maceration. This animal presents seven cervical vertebrae, and from the third on, they become shorter and wider than the other ones e the spinous process was makeable from the fifth cervical vertebrae on. There are thirteen thoracic vertebrae and the spinous process of the lumbar vertebrae, which are seven, decreases from the fifth on. The sacrum is formed by two vertebrae and there are twenty or twenty one caudal vertebrae. It can be concluded that the crab-eating fox axial skeleton is similar to that of the domestic dog. |
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