Open-access Macroscopic description of teeth of Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)

Caracterização macroscópica dos dentes de cutias (Dasyprocta azarae)

Abstracts

The teeth of Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) were described macroscopically in order to provide biological data on one of the largest wild rodents of the Americas. Radiography was taken on six heads and the teeth were described. Enamel surrounds the coronal dentin, projects to the roots and is present as parallel inner laminae in buccolingual direction. The dentin is located among the enamel laminae and surrounds the pulp horns. The cementum is located internally to the enamel laminae. On the lingual surface, the cementum and dentin are the outer elements.

Anatomy; teeth; macroscopy; Dasyprocta azarae; agouti


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