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Morfologia dos dentes do bicho-preguiça de coleira ... - Biotemas

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Estrutura <strong>de</strong>ntal <strong>do</strong> <strong>bicho</strong>-<strong>preguiça</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>coleira</strong> (Bradypus torquatus)<br />

a b<br />

1M<br />

2M<br />

3M<br />

4M<br />

c 5M<br />

d<br />

1M<br />

2M<br />

3M<br />

4M<br />

FIGURAS 2 (a, b, c e d): Fotoradiografia <strong>de</strong> Bradypus torquatus. a) animal<br />

natimorto; b) presença <strong><strong>do</strong>s</strong> <strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong> na cavida<strong>de</strong> alveolar no<br />

natimorto; c) radiografia periapical oclusal da maxila, presença<br />

<strong><strong>do</strong>s</strong> cinco <strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong> <strong>de</strong> cada hemiarcada d) radiografia periapical<br />

oclusal da mandíbula, presença <strong>de</strong> quatro <strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong> <strong>de</strong> cada hemiarcada.<br />

A distribuição <strong><strong>do</strong>s</strong> <strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong> <strong>do</strong> B. torquatus permitiu-nos<br />

expressar a fórmula <strong>de</strong>ntal <strong>de</strong>sta espécie:<br />

1<br />

Mm<br />

2<br />

Mm<br />

5M<br />

= × 2 = 18 (<strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong>).<br />

4M<br />

1M 2M<br />

Mm1 = Molariformes superiores<br />

Mm2 = Molariformes inferiores<br />

M = molar<br />

FIGURA 3: Fotografia da mandíbula <strong>de</strong> Bradypus torquatus, macho, adulto, com presença <strong>de</strong> espaços inter<strong>de</strong>ntários entre<br />

os <strong><strong>de</strong>ntes</strong> (↔). Molares: primeiro (1M), segun<strong>do</strong> (2M), terceiro (3M) e quarto (4M).<br />

3M<br />

4M<br />

77<br />

Revista <strong>Biotemas</strong>, 19 (4), <strong>de</strong>zembro <strong>de</strong> 2006

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